{"product_id":"historical-fictions-and-hellenistic-jewish-identity-third-maccabees-in-its-cultural-context-hellenistic-culture-and-society-43-9780520233072","title":"Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohnson 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359045910871,"sku":"9780520233072","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historical-fictions-and-hellenistic-jewish-identity-third-maccabees-in-its-cultural-context-hellenistic-culture-and-society-43-9780520233072","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}