Cultures of the Jews, Volume 1 : Mediterranean Origins

List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Preface: Toward a Cultural History of the Jews xv David Biale Introduction 3(6) David Biale Imagining the Birth of Ancient Israel: National Metaphors in the Bible 9(34) Ilana Pardes Israel Among the Nations: Biblical Culture in the Ancient Near East 43(34) Ronald S. Hendel Hellenistic Judaism 77(58) Erich S. Gruen Jewish Culture in Greco-Roman Palestine 135(46) Eric M. Meyers Confronting a Christian Empire: Jewish Culture in the World of Byzantium 181(42) Oded Irshai Babylonian Rabbinic Culture 223(44) Isaiah Gafni Jewish Culture in the Formative Period of Islam 267(36) Reuven Firestone Conclusion 303(4) David Biale Index 307