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This landmark contribution to ongoing debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. Among the leading Greek intellectuals who devoted special attention to the Jews were Theophrastus (the successor of Aristotle), Hecataeus of Abdera (the father of "scientific" ethnography), and Apollonius Molon (probably the greatest rhetorician of the Hellenistic world). Bezalel Bar-Kochva examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background; their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.

Greek literature, Hellenistic --- Jews in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Juifs dans la littérature --- Littérature grecque hellénistique --- Histoire et critique --- Jews in literature --- History and criticism --- apollonius molon. --- bezalel bar kochva. --- discussion books. --- greek culture. --- greek history. --- greek intellectuals. --- greek literature. --- greek writers. --- hecataeus of abdera. --- hellenistic period. --- historical jews. --- history buffs. --- jewish culture. --- jewish people. --- jewish representation. --- jews in literature. --- literary references. --- literary style. --- literary. --- perceptions of jews. --- political views. --- religious backgrounds. --- religious history. --- rhetoric. --- scientific ethnography. --- social connections. --- stereotypes. --- theophrastus.