Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 86) - Hardcover
This book is the first systematic enquiry into the ways Philo saw himself as a Jew and perceived of Jewish culture in the multiethnic environment of first century Alexandria. Applying the theories of ethnicity and culture developed by Federick Barth and Clifford Geertz, the book gives emphasis to the nature and dynamics of social constructs which shaped Philo's discourse and religion. Furthermore, Rome is for the first time taken into account as a political, cultural, and religious factor which exercised an all-encompassing influence. Philo's writings are thus interpreted with a view to the question how he negotiated not two, but three main traditions, namely the Jewish, the Roman, and the Greek, and how his positions integrated him into the contemporary Roman discourse.
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About the Author:
Maren Niehoff, Born 1963; studied Jewish Studies, Literature and Philosophy in Berlin, Jerusalem and Oxford; 1989-91 Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard University; since 1991 Lecturer in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem.
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- PublisherMohr Siebeck
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 3161476115
- ISBN 13 9783161476112
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages319
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