A Hellenistic Ethical Lexicon
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A Hellenistic Ethical Lexicon

Three Hundred and Seven Rules of Conduct of Expanding Empires

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eBook - ePub

A Hellenistic Ethical Lexicon

Three Hundred and Seven Rules of Conduct of Expanding Empires

About this book

Building on his previous work on Hellenistic Interstate Political Ethics (T&T Clark, 2022) leading historian Doron Mendels presents three hundred interstate ethical rules of conduct which he has discovered within three reconstructed Hellenistic codes. These codes appear in the work of three major Hellenistic historical writers, with Mendels also adding remarks that appear in The Letter of Aristeas. Mendels has formulated these – probably originally oral – rules embedded within the historical narratives using a mixture of statements by rulers and other actors concerning interstate relationships, historical events which point to ethical behaviour of states and/or their breach, as well as related thoughts of the historians themselves regarding interstate encounters. The result is a comprehensive catalogue of ethical rules referring to behaviour on the international scene, which include not only rules but also a lexicon of moral terms borrowed from the individual ethical scenarios. The volume constitutes a significant addition to knowledge of the Hellenistic era in the 3rd-1st centuries BC, the universe against which Judaism and early Christianity operated.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780567718303
Edition
0
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 The ethics of ruling an empire during conquest: Ptolemy I and Aristeas
  8. Chapter 2 The ethics of interstate relationships in an international regime (during a protectorate): Polybius
  9. Chapter 3 The ethics of interstate relationships in an international regime (during a protectorate): Livy
  10. Chapter 4 Interstate ethics experienced by a subject state (1–2 Maccabees)
  11. Epilogue
  12. Further Reading
  13. Index
  14. Copyright Page