“Neither a Demos nor a Polis”: Post-Seleucid community formation in the Book of Judith

Benedikt Eckhardt

doi:10.1086/722610

“Neither a Demos nor a Polis”: Post-Seleucid community formation in the Book of Judith

Benedikt Eckhardt^*

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The Book of Judith has often been read against the backdrop of Judean politics in the second century BCE, with little tangible results beyond the questionable identification of fictional characters with historical figures. But with recent dates for the book converging around 100 BCE, another context comes into view: Judith is a story about war, politics, and community written in a post-Seleucid context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	52-72
Number of pages	21
Journal	Classical Philology: A Journal Devoted to Research in Classical Antiquity (CP)
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/722610
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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Seleucid empire
Book of Judith
Hellenistic Judea
post-colonial readings

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