Essays on Ancient and Modern Judaism

- Contents

Preface
Part One
1. Biblical Studies and Classical Studies: Simple Reflections upon the Historical Method
2. Jews and Greeks
3. Daniel and the Greek Theory of Imperial Succession
4. The Second Book of Maccabees
5. Problems of Method in the Interpretation of Judeo-Hellenistic Symbols
6. An Apology of Judaism: The Against Apion by Flavius Josephus
7. What Flavius Josephus Did Not See
8. Flavius Josephus and Alexander's Visit to Jerusalem
9. Preliminary Indications on the Apocalypse and Exodus in the Hebrew Tradition
10. Prophecy and Historiography
11. A Medieval Jewish Autobiography
Part Two
12. The Jews of Italy
13. Jewish Stories and Memoirs of Our Times
14. Felice Momigliano (1866-1924)
15. Jacob Bernays
16. A Note on Max Weber's Definition of Judaism as a Pariah Religion
17. Hermeneutics and Classical Political Thought in Leo Strauss
18. Gershom Scholem's Autobiography
19. Walter Benjamin
20. Moses Finley on Slavery: A Personal Note
21. Gertrud Bing (1892-1964)
22. In Memoriam—Eduard Fraenkel
23. The Absence of the Third Bickerman
Appendixes
1. A Review of Cecil Roth's Gli Ebrei in Venezia
2. Judaism and Anti-Semitism, by A. Gramsci
General Index
Index to Biblical and Talmudic References
History: Ancient and Classical History | Middle Eastern History
Literature and Literary Criticism: Classical Languages
Religion: Judaism
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