Academia.eduAcademia.edu

The Cynics of the Decapolis and Eretz Israel

2003, Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple the Mishnah and the Talmud in the Hellenistic Period, ed. M. Mor-A. Oppenheimer-J. Pastor-D.R. Schwartz

General discussion of Cynic philosophers/writers hailing from Gadara in the Decapolis - Menippus, Meleager, Oenomaos - and the cynic-satiric literary background of these thinkers. Discussion also to Greek and Talmudic references to Gadara. While not comprising any Cynic school and separated chronologically these writers inherited a common background in humoristic satiric literature in this age of "arm-chair" cynicism

Loading...

Loading Preview

Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. You can download the paper by clicking the button above.