Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East

Contents

Contents Preface vii Introduction to Volume , by Hannah M. Cotton xi Abbreviations xix Part I. The Hellenistic World and Rome . The Problem of Hellenistic Syria  . The Phoenician Cities: A Case-Study of Hellenisation  . Hellenistic History in a Near Eastern Perspective: The Book of Daniel  . The Background to the Maccabean Revolution: Reflections on Martin Hengel’s ‘‘Judaism and Hellenism’’  . Polybius between Greece and Rome  . The Greek City in the Roman Period  Part II. Rome and the East . Reflections on the Trials of Jesus  vi Contents . The Roman Coloniae of the Near East: A Study of Cultural Relations  . Latin in the Epigraphy of the Roman Near East  . Paul of Samosata, Zenobia, and Aurelian: The Church, Local Culture, and Political Allegiance in Third-Century Syria  . Caravan Cities: The Roman Near East and Long-Distance Trade by Land  . Looking East from the Classical World: Colonialism, Culture, and Trade from Alexander the Great to Shapur I  Part III. Jews and Others . Porphyry: Ethnicity, Language, and Alien Wisdom  . Hagar, Ishmael, Josephus, and the Origins of Islam  . Ethnic Identity in the Roman Near East, .. –: Language, Religion, and Culture  . Dura-Europos under Parthian Rule  . The Jews of the Graeco-Roman Diaspora between Paganism and Christianity, .. –  . Christian Emperors, Christian Church, and the Jews of the Diaspora in the Greek East, .. –  Author’s Epilogue by Fergus Millar: Re-drawing the Map?  Index  ...