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1 online resource (182 pages) |
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Alte Geschichte
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Historia - Einzelschriften ; Heft 229
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Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany). Einzelschriften ; Heft 229.
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| Contents |
Preface; part i: a prosopography of greek intellectuals in palestine; appendix a: visitors (in chronological order); appendix b: the circle of herod; appendix c: jews and samaritans; appendix d: intellectuals from petra; appendix e: verse inscriptions from palestine; part ii: greek intellectuals from ascalon; chapter 1: introduction; chapter 2: two early witnesses; chapter 3: the flourishing of hellenic culture; chapter 4: euenus of ascalon; chapter 5: the second flourishing: late antiquity; chapter 6: julian of ascalon; chapter 7: two shrines in ascalon. |
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Appendix to part ii: marianus of eleutheropolispart iii: latin literature in palestine; bibliography; index. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Greeks -- Palestine.
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Hellenism.
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Palestine -- Intellectual life.
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Hellenism. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Greeks |
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Hellenism |
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Intellectual life |
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Middle East -- Palestine https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbGRpdjCJGRyrXqt8rTHC |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Geiger, Joseph. Hellenism in the East : Studies on Greek Intellectuals in Palestine. Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, ©2013 |
| ISBN |
9783515106597 (electronic bk.) |
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3515106596 (electronic bk.) |
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9783515106177 |
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