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THE ROMAN BATH AS A JEWISH INSTITUTION: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN JUDAISM AND THE GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE BY YARON Z. ELIAV* Uniaersity of Michigan, Ann Arbor The discussion of the relationship between ancient Judaism and Hellenism is as old as the study of Jewish history itself. Much effort has been invested in an attempt to decipher the nature of this encounter and elucidate its characteristics. Scholars have examined the interaction between Jews and all the cultures that surrounded them, but their asso- ciation with the Greek world (including its subsequent development in the Hellenistic and Roman realms) has received the most attention. One factor leading to this heightened research is that the Jewish- Hellenistic relationship occurred during the period when the Christian dimension of Western culture was being formed. At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, Jews and Christians in Europe and the United States, as well as Israelis in the reborn Jewish State somewhat later, investigated the attitudes their ancestors had toward Greek culture for more than purely scholarly rea- sons. Beyond the attempt of those scholars (and perhaps ours today) to comprehend the ancient world, they were aspired to
Journal for the Study of Judaism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2000
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