1st Edition
Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew, Roman
By S. Davis
Copyright 1951
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt (1951) examines the change in interpretation of the term ‘Greek’ which before Alexander the Great had stood for exclusiveness and indicated a citizen of a narrow Greek city-state, to the meaning of ‘a Greek mental outlook’ and ‘to have Greek culture’. Race relations between Greeks, Jews and Romans in Egypt and Alexandria are examined, and fresh light is thrown on... Read more
Part 1. 1. Greek Exclusiveness and the Political Ideals of Alexander the Great 2. The Hellenistic Age 3. The Earliest Greek Contact with Egypt 4. Alexander in Egypt 5. The Papyri and their Value 6. The Hellenization of Egypt 7. Alexandria Part 2. 8. The Earliest Hebrew Contact with Egypt 9. The Jews in Egypt in Later Times 10. The Question of Jewish Citizenship at Alexandria 11. The Greek Contact with the Jews – Anti-Semitism 12. The Greek Contact with the Jews – Hellenism Part 3. 13. The Roman Attitude to Race – the Republic 14. The Roman Attitude to Race – the Empire
Biography
S. Davis
