Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece: Religion, Politics and Culture (Paperback)
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Short Description for Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely-accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this intriguing and engaging work, he addresses h...
Full description- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Published: 04 August 2003
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History | Religion | History Of Religion | Biblical Studies & Exegesis
- ISBN 13: 9780800635916 ISBN 10: 0800635914
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Full description for Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece
The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely-accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this intriguing and engaging work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections between these Mediterranean cultures. With erudition and humility, the author illuminates both Israelite and Greek writings and cultures. He brings a vast knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and its languages to these studies, which will startle and entice the reader back to the ancient texts.

