Alien wisdom <subTitle>The limits of Hellenization</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Momigliano, Arnaldo</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1908-1987)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Great Britain</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cambridge University</publisher> <dateIssued>1990</dateIssued> <edition>4th.</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>176tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>21cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this classic study of cultural confrontation Professor Momigliano examines the Greeks' attitude toward the contemporary civilizations of the Romans, Celts, Jews, and Persians. Analyzing cultural and intellectual interaction from the fourth through the first centuries B.C., Momigliano argues that in the Hellenistic period the Greeks, Romans, and Jews enjoyed an exclusive special relationship that guaranteed their lasting dominance of Western civilization.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Arnaldo Momigliano</note> <subject> <topic>Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 BC J-C</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">938</classification> <classification authority="ddc">A743-M73</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0521387612</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/7/1/_2774706_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/7/1/_2774706_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070659.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>