The Homeland and the Legitimation of the Diaspora: Egyptian Jewish Origin Stories in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

IF 0.4 0 RELIGION

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.1177/0951820718823394

J. Trotter

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Abstract

How diasporans tell the story of their origin in the homeland and how they came to their new home abroad is just as important as the historical context(s) in which the diaspora community was created. This study draws attention to one common strategy employed by Egyptian Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman periods (in the Letter of Aristeas, the writings of Philo of Alexandria, and 3 Maccabees) when remembering and (re)creating accounts of their origins in the diaspora in ways that legitimized life abroad: the use of diaspora-homeland connections and comparisons.

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家园与流散的合法性:希腊化和罗马时期的埃及犹太人起源故事

侨民如何讲述他们在祖国的起源以及他们如何来到国外的新家园，与侨民社区形成的历史背景同样重要。本研究提请注意希腊化和罗马时期埃及犹太人(在阿里斯蒂亚的书信，亚历山大的菲罗的著作和马加比三书中)在以使国外生活合法化的方式记住和(重新)创建他们在散居中的起源时所采用的一种常见策略:使用散居与祖国的联系和比较。

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Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha RELIGION-

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0.40

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33.30%

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期刊介绍： The last twenty years have witnessed some remarkable achievements in the study of early Jewish literature. Given the ever-increasing number and availability of primary sources for these writings, specialists have been producing text-critical, historical, social scientific, and theological studies which, in turn, have fuelled a growing interest among scholars, students, religious leaders, and the wider public. The only English journal of its kind, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha was founded in 1987 to provide a much-needed forum for scholars to discuss and review most recent developments in this burgeoning field in the academy.