Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece : Religion, Politics, and Culture /
Brown, John Pairman.
Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece : Religion, Politics, and Culture / John Pairman Brown. - xiv, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index.
1. The complementarity of ancient Israel and ancient Greece -- 2. Divine kingship, civil institutions, and imperial rule -- 3. The Mediterranean seer and the shaman -- 4. The shifting roles of women -- 5. Paradise and the forest of Lebanon -- 6. From particularity to universalism.
"The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections. He brings a vast knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and its languages to these studies, which will startle and entice the reader back to the ancient texts."--BOOK JACKET.
0800635914 9780800635916
Judaism--Relations--Greek religion.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews--Civilization--Greek influences.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Jews--Civilization.--Palestine
Hellenism.
Greece--Religion--To 1500.
Greece--Civilization.
BM536.G7 / B76 2003
933.03 / B8786
Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece : Religion, Politics, and Culture / John Pairman Brown. - xiv, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index.
1. The complementarity of ancient Israel and ancient Greece -- 2. Divine kingship, civil institutions, and imperial rule -- 3. The Mediterranean seer and the shaman -- 4. The shifting roles of women -- 5. Paradise and the forest of Lebanon -- 6. From particularity to universalism.
"The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections. He brings a vast knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and its languages to these studies, which will startle and entice the reader back to the ancient texts."--BOOK JACKET.
0800635914 9780800635916
Judaism--Relations--Greek religion.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews--Civilization--Greek influences.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Jews--Civilization.--Palestine
Hellenism.
Greece--Religion--To 1500.
Greece--Civilization.
BM536.G7 / B76 2003
933.03 / B8786