Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism - vol 1 - From Herodotus to Plutarch. Edited with Introduction, Translations and Commentary by Menahem Stern.

altersgem�sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Herodotus -- Aristotle -- Theophrastus -- Hieronymus of Cardia -- Hecataeus of Abdera -- Megasthenes -- Clearchus of Soli -- Euhemerus -- Berossus -- Manetho -- Xenophilus -- Eratosthenes -- Aristophanes -- Hermippus of Smyrna -- Mnaseas of Patara -- Polemo of Ilium? -- Agatharchides of Cnidus -- Polybius -- Apollodorus of Athens -- Menander of Ephesus -- Dius -- Theophilus -- Laetus -- Ocellus Lucanus -- Timochares -- Schoinometresis Syriae ( Xenophon of Lampsacus? ) -- Meleager -- Posidonius -- Apollonius Molon -- Alexander Polyhistor -- Teucer of Cyzicus -- Diodorus -- Lucretius -- Cicero -- Varro -- Asinius Pollio -- Castor of Rhodes -- Crinagoras of Mytilene -- Hypsicrates -- Timagenes -- Nicolaus of Damascus -- Strabo of Amaseia -- Virgil -- Tibullus -- Horaee -- Livy -- Pompeius Trogus -- Vitruvius -- Ovid -- Conon -- Ptolemy the Historian -- Valerius Maximus -- The Anonymous Author of De Sublimitate (Pseuc -- Longinus) -- Seneca the Rhetor -- Cornelius Celsus -- Pomponius Mela -- Sextius Niger -- Philip of Thessalonica -- Scribonius Largus -- Ptolemy of Mendes -- Lysimachus -- Apion -- Chaeremon -- Dioscorides -- Columella -- Seneca the Philosopher -- Persius -- Lucanus -- Petronius -- Erotianus -- Curtius Rufus -- Zopyrion -- Hermogenes -- The Anonymous Authors on the War between the Romans and the Jews -- Antonius Julianus -- Memnon of Heracleia -- Pliny the Elder -- Valerius Flaccus -- Silius Italicus -- Frontinus -- Quintilian -- Statius -- Martial -- Damocritus -- Nicarchus -- Claudius Iolaus -- Antonius Diogenes -- Dio Chrysostom -- Epictetus -- Plutarch -- PREFACE -- Since the early nineteenth century scholars have recognized the need to assemble a collection of Greek and Latin literature relating to Jews and Judaism in ancient times. Attempts at such an undertaking were made in both Germany1 and England,2 beginning in 1832. These first efforts were eclipsed by the remarkable achievement of the Jewish-French scholar Th�ore Reinach, who published his Textes d�auteurs grecs et latins relatifs au Juifs et Judaisme in 1895. An outstanding historian of ancient times and profoundly interested in the Jewish past, Reinach�s work comprised most of the important texts, French translations made by two assistants under his supervision, and brief notes. -- This work marked an immense advance over that of his predecessors; it also gave great impetus to the study of Jewish history in Hellenistic times and under the Roman Empire. However, Reinach�s work was not without omissions. Among these are the main passages of the Autobiography of Nicolaus of Damascus, bearing on the history of Judaea; a famous chapter of Tacitus (Armales, XII, 54), dealing with the Roman procuratorial r�me in that country; the discussion of Moses in Galenus; and many texts from later Antiquity. Critics pointed out some of the omissions,3 and, in his great work, Jean Juster emphasized the need for a more comprehensive collection.4 In spite of Reinach�s great achievement, it became apparent that his work was no longer adequate for the modern student; subsequent editions of the ancient writers and the general progress of historical and philological scholarship demanded a new collection and a more complete commentary.