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Greek Genres and Jewish Authors - Negotiating Literary Culture in the Greco-Roman Era (Hardcover)
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Greek Genres and Jewish Authors - Negotiating Literary Culture in the Greco-Roman Era (Hardcover)
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The ancient world, much like our own, thrived on cultural diversity
and exchange. The riches of this social reality are evident in the
writings of Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Jewish authors
drew on the wide range of Greek literary conventions and gave fresh
expressions to the proud traditions of their faith and ethnic
identity. They did not hesitate to modify and adapt the forms they
received from the surrounding culture, but their works stand as
legitimate participants in Greco-Roman literary tradition. In Greek
Genres and Jewish Authors, Sean Adams argues that a robust
understanding of ancient genre facilitates proper textual
interpretation. This perspective is vital for insight on the
author, the work's original purpose, and how the original readers
would have received it. Adopting a cognitive-prototype theory of
genre, Adams provides a detailed discussion of Jewish authors
writing in Greek from ca. 300 BCE to ca. 135 CE - including New
Testament authors - and their participation in Greek genres. The
nine chapters focus on broad genre divisions (e.g., poetry,
didactic, philosophy) to provide studies on each author's
engagement with Greek genres, identifying both representative and
atypical expressions and features. The book's most prominent
contribution lies in its data synthesis to provide a
macroperspective on the ways in which Jewish authors participated
in and adapted Greek genres - in other words, how members of a
minority culture intentionally engaged with the dominant culture's
literary practices alongside traditional Jewish features, resulting
in unique text expressions. Greek Genres and Jewish Authors
provides a rich resource for Jewish, New Testament, and classical
scholars, particularly those who study cultural engagement,
development of genres, and ancient education.
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