{"product_id":"diaspora-jews-amidst-greeks-and-romans-9780674007505","title":"Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat was life like for Jews settled throughout the Mediterranean world of Classical antiquity--and what place did Jewish communities have in the diverse civilization dominated by Greeks and Romans? In a probing account of the Jewish diaspora in the four centuries from Alexander the Greats conquest of the Near East to the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 C.E.  Erich Gruen reaches often surprising conclusions. By the first century of our era  Jews living abroad far outnumbered those living in Palestine and had done so for generations. Substantial Jewish communities were found throughout the Greek mainland and Aegean islands  Asia Minor  the Tigris-Euphrates valley  Egypt  and Italy. Focusing especially on Alexandria  Greek cities in Asia Minor  and Rome  Gruen explores the lives of these Jews: the obstacles they encountered  the institutions they established  and their strategies for adjustment. He also delves into Jewish writing in this period  teasing out how Jews in the diaspora saw themselves. There emerges a picture of a Jewish minority that was at home in Greco-Roman cities: subject to only sporadic harassment; its intellectuals immersed in Greco-Roman culture while refashioning it for their own purposes; exhibiting little sign of insecurity in an alien society; and demonstrating both a respect for the Holy Land and a commitment to the local community and Gentile government. Gruens innovative analysis of the historical and literary record alters our understanding of the way this vibrant minority culture engaged with the dominant Classical civilization. (Web)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651917307957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674007506","price":144.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674007505.jpg?v=1781845040","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/diaspora-jews-amidst-greeks-and-romans-9780674007505","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}