Rethinking the Other in Antiquity - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Erich S. GruenSeries:Martin Classical Lectures #27Publish date:2012-09-16Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691156354ISBN-10:691156352UPC:9780691156354Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Archaeology, Social HistorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.97 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC6A3W1D2Z
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than...
Series: Martin Classical Lectures #27
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691156354ISBN-10:691156352UPC:9780691156354Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Archaeology, Social HistorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.97 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC6A3W1D2Z
Erich S. Gruen is the Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics (emeritus) at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans and Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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