Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-25084-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 380 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

Reihe: Hellenistic Culture and Society

This volume gathers sixteen essays on monarchy and power in the Hellenistic period and charts a new approach to Hellenistic history by focusing attention on biblical and Jewish evidence and reading that evidence in new ways. The essays consider the kings, queens, and power figures of the Hellenistic dynasties, as well as ancient Israelite kings, the Babylonian and Persian rulers of the Bible, Parthians, and Romans. The volume also represents a new kind of interpretation of the Greek Bible (Septuagint) and of the Jewish literature of the period, setting them in the context of Hellenistic political thought and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rajak, Tessa

Pearce, Sarah

Aitken, James

Dines, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

preface

abbreviations

Introduction: Tessa Rajak

part one: theories and practices of hellenistic rulers

1. Philosophy and Monarchy in the Hellenistic World

Oswyn Murray

2. The Character of Ptolemaic Aristocracy: Problems of Definition and Evidence

Jane Rowlandson

part two: rulers in greek-jewish texts

3. Persia through the Jewish Looking-Glass

Erich Gruen

4. Ben Sira on Kings and Kingship

Benjamin Wright

5. The Image of the Oriental Monarch in the Third Book of Maccabees
Philip Alexander and Loveday Alexander

6. The Angry Tyrant

Tessa Rajak

7. The Narrative Function of the King and the Library in the Letter of Aristeas

Sylvie Honigman

8. Kingship and Banditry: The Parthian Empire and Its Western Subjects
Richard Fowler

part three: light from the septuagint translators?

9. Translating for Ptolemy: Patriotism and Politics in the Greek Pentateuch?

Sarah Pearce

10. Poet and Critic: Royal Ideology and the Greek Translator of Proverbs

James Aitken

11. The King’s Good Servant? Loyalty, Subversion, and Greek Daniel
Jennifer Dines

12. The Terminology of Government in the Septuagint—in Comparison with Hebrew, Aramaic, and Other Languages

Lester Grabbe

13. The Court Function of the Interpreter in Genesis 42.23 and Early Greek Papyri

Trevor Evans

part four: ideologies of jewish rule

14. The Greek Bible and Jewish Concepts of Royal Priesthood and Priestly Monarchy

Arie van der Kooij

15. Royal Ideology: 1 and 2 Maccabees and Egypt

Jan Willem van Henten

16. Constructing Kings—from the Ptolemies to the Herodians: The Archaeological Evidence

Douglas Edwards

cumulative bibliography

list of contributors

indexes
general

ancient sources

modern authors

Über Autor(innen)

Tessa Rajak is Professor of Ancient History, University of Reading, and Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting Professor at Yale. She was Codirector of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Parkes Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World Project. Her many publications include Josephus: The Historian and his Society. Sarah Pearce is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Southampton and was Codirector of the AHRC Parkes Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World Project. She is the author of The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt. James Aitken was Research Fellow of the AHRC Parkes Institute Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World Project and is currently Teaching Fellow in Hebrew and Aramaic at Cambridge University. He is the author of The Semantics of Blessing and Cursing in Ancient Hebrew. Jennifer Dines was Research Associate of the AHRC Parkes Institute Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World Project and a former Lecturer at Heythrop College, University of London. She is the author of a classic handbook, The Septuagint.