Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization

Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization by Momigliano, Arnaldo. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521387613.

In this classic study of cultural confrontation Professor Momigliano examines the Greeks attitude toward the contemporary civilizations of the Romans, Celts, Jews, and Persians. Analyzing cultural and intellectual interaction from the fourth through the first centuries B.C., Momigliano argues that in the Hellenistic period the Greeks, Romans, and Jews enjoyed an exclusive special relationship that guaranteed their lasting dominance of Western civilization.