RT Book T1 The construct of identity in Hellenistic Judaism: essays on early Jewish literature and history T2 Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies JF Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies A1 Gruen, Erich S. 1935- LA English PP Berlin/Boston PB De Gruyter YR 2016 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1805872281 AB This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively on the literature and history of early Judaism and the experience of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world. His many articles on this subject have, however, appeared mostly in conference volumes and Festschriften, and have therefore not had wide circulation. By putting them together in a single work, this will bring the essays to the attention of a much broader scholarly readership and make them more readily available to students in the fields of ancient history and early Judaism. The pieces are quite varied, but develop a number of connected and related themes: Jewish identity in the pagan world, the literary representations by Jews and pagans of one another, the interconnections of Hellenism and Judaism, and the Jewish experience under Hellenistic monarchies and the Roman empire CN DS121.65 K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D K1 Jews : Identity : To 1500 K1 Jewish literature : History and criticism K1 Jews : History : 586 B.C.-70 A.D K1 Juden K1 Judentum K1 Identität K1 Hellenistisch-jüdische Literatur K1 Frühjudentum K1 Literatur K1 Jewish literature K1 Jews K1 Jews ; Identity K1 Judaism ; Post-exilic period (Judaism) K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 History K1 Griechenland K1 Römisches Reich K1 Aufsatzsammlung