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Yaacov Shavit - Athens in Jerusalem, book coverAthens in Jerusalem
Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew

Yaacov Shavit
Translated by Chaya Naor and Niki Werner

Author Information - Contents - Reviews - Publication Details

read more about this book'Ambitious, elaborately structured and wide-ranging . . . Shavit's book will be the fundamental work on Jewish Hellenism for a long time to come.'
Tessa Rajak, Times Literary Supplement

'Truly a fascinating and challenging study in Jewish intellectual history . . . The author has covered a spectrum of a dazzling array of writers and thinkers . . . in an extremely lively and readable style.'
Louis H. Feldman, Shofar

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Yaacov Shavit is Professor of the History of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Format

23.5 x 15.5 cm / 6" x 9"

Pages 576 pages
ISBN 978-1-874774-36-5
Price £14.95 / $19.95
Date of publication 1999

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