Greek education and cultural identity in Greek-speaking Judaism
The Jewish-Greek historiographers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21592848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marieke Dhont (0000-0003-1520-3794, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 217-228 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8207 • E-ISSN: 1745-5286 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0951820720936601 |
| OpenAlex | W3046571180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The style of the Jewish-Greek historiographers Eupolemus and Demetrius has often been evaluated as “bad Greek.” This is generally seen as evidence of their lack of education. The negative views on the language of Demetrius and Eupolemus are illustrative of a broader issue in the study of Hellenistic Judaism: language usage has been a key element in the discussion on the societal position of Jews in the Hellenistic world. In this article, I assess the style of the historiographers in the context of post-classical Greek, and conclude that their language reflects standard Hellenistic Greek. The linguistic analysis then becomes a starting point to reflect on the level of integration of Jews in the Greek-speaking world as well as to consider the nature of Jewish multilingualism in the late Second Temple period
Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Archaeology · Art · Greek language · Judaism · Literature · Modern Greek · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |