The Times of Israel

Chanukah – Culture and Anarchy Hebrew and Hellenist

First, never go against the best light you have; secondly, take care that your light be not darkness. Thomas Wilson It was Eric Gruen, in his Heritage and Hellenism, who wrote that the Macabbean ...
The Independent

Professor Sir Kenneth Dover: Hellenist best known for his work on Greek homosexuality and for two controversial presidencies

Professor Sir Kenneth Dover was the foremost Hellenist of his generation, a skilled and authoritative interpreter of almost all the multifarious genres of ancient Greek literature. Somewhat to his ...
The Times of Israel

On Hanukkah: confessions of a closet Hellenist

I love Hanukkah; parts of it. The candles, the songs, the games, the gelt, the latkes. But something about this festival makes me queasy. I know why and I have to fess up; I am something of a ...
The Forward

In Other Jewish Newspapers: Who’s a Hellenist?, Kabbalah Centre Reconsidered, Stripping for Charity

TARSY SPLITS: After facing down Abe Foxman over the Armenian genocide issue, getting fired for it and then being reinstated following the ensuing uproar, the ADL’s New England regional director, ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Feast of snails and pig sheds life on Hellenist life in ancient Galilee

Feast of snails and pig sheds life on Hellenist life in ancient Galilee “If we look at food remains in Jewish settlements from the same period, we see very different species,” Pines, whose expertise ...
The New York Times

DEATH OF ERNST CURTIUS.; Career of the German Hellenist, Who Died in Berlin Yesterday.

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