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This article investigates how major 19th-century historians portrayed the relationship between Alexandrian and Palestinian Judaism.

December 18, 2015The Historical Journal

What Has Alexandria to Do With Jerusalem? Writing the History of the Jews in the Nineteenth Century

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Article explores the construction of Jewish histories in the 19th century, revealing biases towards Alexandrian Judaism, highlighting implications for Hellenistic historiography.

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This article investigates how major 19th-century historians portrayed the relationship between Alexandrian and Palestinian Judaism.
Analyzed five influential multi-volume histories published in Britain.
Explored the hierarchical opposition between Alexandrian and Palestinian Judaism.
Discussed the influence of Greek and Jew dichotomy in historiography.
Historians constructed Alexandrian Judaism as a betrayal of genuine Jewish identity.
The opposition of Greek-Jew was highlighted as crucial in 19th-century intellectual thought.
The perceived hybridity of Alexandrian Jews was linked to their assimilation into Greek culture.

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Simon Goldhill (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d81b365c3030ff03d19566 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x15000047

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December 18, 2015The Historical Journal

What Has Alexandria to Do With Jerusalem? Writing the History of the Jews in the Nineteenth Century

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SGSimon GoldhillKing University

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Overview

Article explores the construction of Jewish histories in the 19th century, revealing biases towards Alexandrian Judaism, highlighting implications for Hellenistic historiography.

Key Points

This article investigates how major 19th-century historians portrayed the relationship between Alexandrian and Palestinian Judaism.
Analyzed five influential multi-volume histories published in Britain.
Explored the hierarchical opposition between Alexandrian and Palestinian Judaism.
Discussed the influence of Greek and Jew dichotomy in historiography.
Historians constructed Alexandrian Judaism as a betrayal of genuine Jewish identity.
The opposition of Greek-Jew was highlighted as crucial in 19th-century intellectual thought.
The perceived hybridity of Alexandrian Jews was linked to their assimilation into Greek culture.

Cite This Study

Simon Goldhill (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d81b365c3030ff03d19566 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x15000047

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