Erich S. Gruen – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Erich S. Gruen. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
25 produkter
Last Generation of the Roman Republic
Häftad, 1995
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
529 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the …
Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome
Häftad, 1986
475 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, Gruen considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. The evidence discloses a preponderance of Greek rather than Roman ideas: a noteworthy readiness on the part of Roman policymakers to adjust to …
Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy
Häftad, 1996
482 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is an examination of the impact of Greek learning, literature, and religion on central aspects of Roman life in the middle Republic. Acclaimed historian Erich S. Gruen discusses the introduction of and resistance to new cults, the relationship between Roman political figures and literary …
Hellenistic Constructs
Essays in Culture, History, and Historiography
Av Paul Cartledge, Peter Garnsey m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
926 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascination today. Reflecting the vigor and productivity of scholarship directed at this period in the past decade, this collection of original essays is a …
Heritage and Hellenism
The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition
Häftad, 2002
471 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The interaction of Jew and Greek in antiquity intrigues the imagination. Both civilizations boasted great traditions, their roots stretching back to legendary ancestors and divine sanction. In the wake of Alexander the Great's triumphant successes, Greeks and Macedonians came as conquerors and …
Last Generation of the Roman Republic
E-bok, 1995
625 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen''s classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the …
Heritage and Hellenism
The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition
E-bok, 1998
520 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The interaction of Jew and Greek in antiquity intrigues the imagination. Both civilizations boasted great traditions, their roots stretching back to legendary ancestors and divine sanction. In the wake of Alexander the Great''s triumphant successes, Greeks and Macedonians came as conquerors and …
Scriptural Tales Retold
The Inventiveness of Second Temple Jews
Av Erich S. Gruen, James H. Charlesworth
Inbunden, 2024
1278 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Erich S. Gruen investigates a remarkable phenomenon in religious and literary history: the freedom with which Jewish writers in antiquity retold and recast, sometimes distorted or bypassed, biblical narratives that ostensibly had the status of sacred texts. Gruen asks the question of what prompted …
Scriptural Tales Retold
The Inventiveness of Second Temple Jews
E-bok, 2024
452 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Erich S. Gruen investigates a remarkable phenomenon in religious and literary history: the freedom with which Jewish writers in antiquity retold and recast, sometimes distorted or bypassed, biblical narratives that ostensibly had the status of sacred texts. Gruen asks the question of what prompted …
Scriptural Tales Retold
The Inventiveness of Second Temple Jews
E-bok, 2024
452 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Erich S. Gruen investigates a remarkable phenomenon in religious and literary history: the freedom with which Jewish writers in antiquity retold and recast, sometimes distorted or bypassed, biblical narratives that ostensibly had the status of sacred texts. Gruen asks the question of what prompted …
Scriptural Tales Retold
The Inventiveness of Second Temple Jews
Av Erich S. Gruen, James H. Charlesworth
Häftad, 2026
417 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Erich S. Gruen investigates a remarkable phenomenon in religious and literary history: the freedom with which Jewish writers in antiquity retold and recast, sometimes distorted or bypassed, biblical narratives that ostensibly had the status of sacred texts. Gruen asks the question of what prompted …
Diaspora
Jews amidst Greeks and Romans
Häftad, 2004
334 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What was life like for Jews settled throughout the Mediterranean world of Classical antiquity--and what place did Jewish communities have in the diverse civilization dominated by Greeks and Romans? In a probing account of the Jewish diaspora in the four centuries from Alexander the Great's conquest …
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
Inbunden, 2010
821 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. …
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
Häftad, 2012
352 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. …
Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome
Inbunden, 1993
720 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Few encounters in antiquity have had more profound consequences than that between Greek culture and Republican Rome. Focusing on the ruling elites of the middle and later Republic, for whom Hellenic literature, religion, and visual arts were at once intimidating and appealing, Erich S. Gruen offers …
Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome
Häftad, 1995
560 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Few encounters in antiquity have had more profound consequences than that between Greek culture and Republican Rome. Focusing on the ruling elites of the middle and later Republic, for whom Hellenic literature, religion, and visual arts were at once intimidating and appealing, Erich S. Gruen offers …
Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Av Erich S. Gruen, Erich S. Gruen
Häftad, 2011
873 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is an illuminating collection of essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Cultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among people or nations, it becomes all the more difficult to define or grasp. …
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
E-bok, 2010
470 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. …
Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism
Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
Inbunden, 2016
2321 kr
Lägg i varukorg
No detailed description available for "The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism".
Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism
Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
Häftad, 2018
227 kr
Lägg i varukorg
No detailed description available for "The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism".
Ethnicity in the Ancient World – Did it matter?
Inbunden, 2020
1107 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through …
Ethnicity in the Ancient World - Did it matter?
E-bok, 2020
1116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through …
Ethnicity in the Ancient World - Did it matter?
E-bok, 2020
1141 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through …
Ethnicity in the Ancient World – Did it matter?
Häftad, 2022
300 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through …
Fragmentary Jewish Historians and Biblical History
E-bok, 2019
433 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In his contribution to the fragmentary Jewish historians of Hellenistic times and their treatment of the biblical tradition Erich Gruen shows not only that the fragments disclose a remarkable range and diversity of texts, but also that their authors'' engagement with biblical texts was more …
