The 'Hellenization' of Judea in the First Century after Christ

by Martin Hengel

Book Overview

This short but highly significant study is the first real sequel to Professor Martin Hengel's classic and monumental work 'Judaism and Hellenism'. It demonstrates from a wealth of evidence, much of it made readily available here for the first time, that in the New Testament period Hellenization was so widespread in Palestine that the usual distinction between Hellenistic Judaism and Palestinian Judaism is not a valid one and that the word Hellenistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592441874
• ISBN13: 9781592441877
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.3"