The Rise of the Sage in Greek and Jewish Antiquity

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" The Rise of the Sage in Greek and Jewish Antiquity "
Elisa Uusimäki

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075422
Doc. No	:	LA119051
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12491185‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Elisa Uusimäki
Title & Author	:	The Rise of the Sage in Greek and Jewish Antiquity [Article]\ Elisa Uusimäki
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	49/1
Page No	:	1–29
Abstract	:	This article explores the emergence of the sage as an exemplar in Greek and Jewish antiquity. Greek philosophical writings and Jewish literary accounts are analysed, the latter including texts written in both Hebrew and Greek. The Greek and Jewish sources are compared in order to highlight (dis)similarities between them. It will be argued that the conception of the sage as an idealized figure and object of emulation originates from the classical Greek world, but it becomes integrated into the Jewish discourse on wisdom and good life in the later Hellenistic period. In spite of this shared element, the portrayals of the sage vary regarding the amount of concreteness and the discursive strategies in which his exemplarity is constructed. This article explores the emergence of the sage as an exemplar in Greek and Jewish antiquity. Greek philosophical writings and Jewish literary accounts are analysed, the latter including texts written in both Hebrew and Greek. The Greek and Jewish sources are compared in order to highlight (dis)similarities between them. It will be argued that the conception of the sage as an idealized figure and object of emulation originates from the classical Greek world, but it becomes integrated into the Jewish discourse on wisdom and good life in the later Hellenistic period. In spite of this shared element, the portrayals of the sage vary regarding the amount of concreteness and the discursive strategies in which his exemplarity is constructed.
Descriptor	:	Ancient Judaism
Descriptor	:	Biblical Studies
Descriptor	:	emulation
Descriptor	:	exemplars
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Greek philosophy
Descriptor	:	Hellenistic culture
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Jewish wisdom tradition
Descriptor	:	philosophers
Descriptor	:	Religion in Antiquity
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	sages
Descriptor	:	wisdom
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12491185‬