Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization
by Arnaldo Momigliano
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In this classic study of cultural confrontation Professor Arnaldo Momigliano looks at the attitude of the Greeks to four different civilizations - the Roman, Celtic, Jewish and Persian - and analyses their cultural and intellectual interactions from the fourth to the first centuries BC. He argues that in the Hellenistic period the Greeks, Romans and Jews formed a special exclusive relationship and effectively established what until recent times was the normal horizon of Western civilization.Tags
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These are six scholarly lectures on the cultural interaction between Greeks and their neighbours in the Hellenistic age. The discussion focuses on the literary evidence with fairly few speculations or interpretations on broader perspectives, so the style might be a bit too academic for most laymen.
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Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-87) taught at many universities, including the University of London, Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and the University of Chicago. His collections of essays include Essays on Ancient and Modern Judaism, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Mary Flexner Lectures (1973-74)
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