Ethnicity in the Ancient World – Did it matter?

Erich S. Gruen

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Ethnicity in the Ancient World – Did it matter?

Erich S. Gruen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110685657

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This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through the lenses of the ancients themselves rather than through the imposition of modern categories, labels, and frameworks. A central issue guides the course of the work: did ancient writers reflect upon collective identity as determined by common origins and lineage or by shared traditions and culture?

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Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Were Barbarians Barbaric? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 Herodotus and Greekness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3 The Racial Judgments of Polybius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4 Rome’s Multiple Identities and Tangled Perspectives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5 Constructed Ethnicities in Republican Italy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
6 The Chosen People and Mixed Marriages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7 Did Hellenistic Jews Consider Themselves a Race or a Religion? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8 Philo and Jewish Ethnicity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
9 The Ethnic Vocabulary of Josephus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
10 The Racial Reflections of Paul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
11 Christians as a “Third Race”? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
12 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Primary source index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 265
Keywords: Ancient Near East; Greeks; Romans; Jews

eBook

Published: September 21, 2020
ISBN: 9783110685657

Hardcover

Published: September 21, 2020
ISBN: 9783110684780

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Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110995053