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Johnson argues that each author uses historical fiction to construct a particular model of Hellenistic Jewish identity through the reinvention of the past. The models of identity differ, but all seek to explore relations between Jews and the wider non-Jewish world.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Historical and Historiographical Contexts 1. Political Subordination and Indirect Historiography 2. Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians: The Cultural Politics of Hellenism Part II. Text and Narrative 3. Genos Politeion: Book 6, Rome, and Hellenism 4. Akme Politeion: Roman and Achaen Virtues 5. Metabole Politeion: Roman and Achaen Degeneration in the Fragmentary Books Part III. Ideological and Political Contexts 6. Collective Representations and Ideological Contexts 7. Practical Contexts and Political Realities Conclusion Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/9/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520233072, 978-0520233072
      ISBN10: 0520233077

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Johnson argues that each author uses historical fiction to construct a particular model of Hellenistic Jewish identity through the reinvention of the past. The models of identity differ, but all seek to explore relations between Jews and the wider non-Jewish world.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Historical and Historiographical Contexts 1. Political Subordination and Indirect Historiography 2. Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians: The Cultural Politics of Hellenism Part II. Text and Narrative 3. Genos Politeion: Book 6, Rome, and Hellenism 4. Akme Politeion: Roman and Achaen Virtues 5. Metabole Politeion: Roman and Achaen Degeneration in the Fragmentary Books Part III. Ideological and Political Contexts 6. Collective Representations and Ideological Contexts 7. Practical Contexts and Political Realities Conclusion Bibliography Index

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