Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity
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Data de Publicação: | 2018 |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/95867 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110596601-006 |
Resumo: | Despite the process of ethnic, cultural and linguistic fusion that marked the cosmopolitan atmosphere of ancient Alexandria, the important Jewish community living there managed to obtain, according to literary tradition, significant advantages from the Ptolemies, especially the right to “live according to their ancestral laws”. In this process of identitarian resistance, a determinant role must have been played by the translation of the Torah by the Septuaginta, because it enabled the sacred text with the possibility of reaching a position comparable to that of the Greek patrioi nomoi. It represented therefore a notable example of acculturation and cultural resistance by the way it managed to balance an ingenious sharing and hiding of deeply rooted religious traditions. A possible parallelism between the legal situation of the Jews and that of the Greeks is analysed in the paper, taking as reference the Jewish politeuma of Alexandria, whose existence, if historically accepted, embodies an elucidative example of the way the Jews from the Diaspora could organize themselves into stable communities, from a religious, political and legal standpoint. |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish IdentityAlexandriapoliteumapatrioi nomoilegal koinediasporaJewsDespite the process of ethnic, cultural and linguistic fusion that marked the cosmopolitan atmosphere of ancient Alexandria, the important Jewish community living there managed to obtain, according to literary tradition, significant advantages from the Ptolemies, especially the right to “live according to their ancestral laws”. In this process of identitarian resistance, a determinant role must have been played by the translation of the Torah by the Septuaginta, because it enabled the sacred text with the possibility of reaching a position comparable to that of the Greek patrioi nomoi. It represented therefore a notable example of acculturation and cultural resistance by the way it managed to balance an ingenious sharing and hiding of deeply rooted religious traditions. A possible parallelism between the legal situation of the Jews and that of the Greeks is analysed in the paper, taking as reference the Jewish politeuma of Alexandria, whose existence, if historically accepted, embodies an elucidative example of the way the Jews from the Diaspora could organize themselves into stable communities, from a religious, political and legal standpoint.De Gruyter2018info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookhttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/95867http://hdl.handle.net/10316/95867https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110596601-006eng9783110596601Leão, Delfiminfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-05-25T03:05:54Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/95867Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:14:16.626736Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity Leão, Delfim Alexandria politeuma patrioi nomoi legal koine diaspora Jews |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Alexandria, Diaspora, Politeuma and Patrioi Nomoi: The Sharing and Hiding of Jewish Identity |
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Leão, Delfim |
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Leão, Delfim |
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Leão, Delfim |
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Alexandria politeuma patrioi nomoi legal koine diaspora Jews |
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Alexandria politeuma patrioi nomoi legal koine diaspora Jews |
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Despite the process of ethnic, cultural and linguistic fusion that marked the cosmopolitan atmosphere of ancient Alexandria, the important Jewish community living there managed to obtain, according to literary tradition, significant advantages from the Ptolemies, especially the right to “live according to their ancestral laws”. In this process of identitarian resistance, a determinant role must have been played by the translation of the Torah by the Septuaginta, because it enabled the sacred text with the possibility of reaching a position comparable to that of the Greek patrioi nomoi. It represented therefore a notable example of acculturation and cultural resistance by the way it managed to balance an ingenious sharing and hiding of deeply rooted religious traditions. A possible parallelism between the legal situation of the Jews and that of the Greeks is analysed in the paper, taking as reference the Jewish politeuma of Alexandria, whose existence, if historically accepted, embodies an elucidative example of the way the Jews from the Diaspora could organize themselves into stable communities, from a religious, political and legal standpoint. |
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