A Hellenistic invention: the construction of the idea of Judaism in opposition to Hellenism in the book of ‘2 Maccabees’
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https://doi.org/10.17648/rom.v0i14.28902Keywords:
Judaism, Hellenism, Hellenistic period, Identity, 2 MaccabeesAbstract
This article aims to analyze the construction of the Jewish identity in the book of 2 Maccabees from the use of the Greek term Ἰουδαϊσμός in opposition to the term Ἑλληνισμός which is re-signified as the Greek way of life. It is intended to analyze how the construction of the idea of “Judaism” from the opposition to the idea of “Hellenism” resembles the previous construction of the idea of “barbarian” and the later idea of “Christianity”, emphasizing the importance of the opposition as a mechanism of cultural identities in Antiquity.
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