Hellenism in the East :: Studies on Greek Intellectuals in Palestine.

While Jewish Palestine has been at the focus of scholarly interest, Greek Palestine has not yet received similar attention. This e-book attempts to investigate the intellectual life in that country in the Hellenistic world and in the Roman Empire. The two perspectives taken are a full prosopographic...

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Main Author: Geiger, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2013.
Series:Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany). Einzelschriften ; Heft 229.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:While Jewish Palestine has been at the focus of scholarly interest, Greek Palestine has not yet received similar attention. This e-book attempts to investigate the intellectual life in that country in the Hellenistic world and in the Roman Empire. The two perspectives taken are a full prosopographical survey of Greek intellectuals in ancient Palestine and an in-depth study of the Greek intellectuals in one particular city, Ascalon. A survey of the penetration of Latin among the educated Greek-speaking inhabitants of the country concludes the e-book. Joseph Geiger (DPhil Oxon, Shalom Horowitz Pr.
Physical Description:1 online resource (182 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783515106597
3515106596

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