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Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by Sara Raup Johnson

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Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature (Library of Ancient Israel) by Susan Niditch

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My edition of "the Best of the Achaeans" is 1986 (reprint), so I'm guessing it's not the new edition - I didn't know there was one. It has the transliterations in boldface, too, yes.

posted by lbowman at 6:03 pm (EST) on May 3, 2006

Thanks for the tip re: Lawrence's translation of the Odyssey. I have occasionally tried stumbling through Homer's original, but having learnt mainly Koine Greek, I soon found myself lost! Perhaps I'll try it again with Lawrence as a crib.

posted by perodicticus at 7:14 am (EST) on Apr 6, 2006

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