Review of Fischer-Bovet & von Reden, Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires: integration, communication, and resistance.

Christelle Fischer-Bovet, Sitta von Reden, Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires: integration, communication, and resistance. Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. 400. ISBN 9781108479257 £90.00.

Review by
Benedikt Eckhardt, University of Edinburgh. B.Eckhardt@ed.ac.uk

Ancient Judaism comes up a couple of times in the review, but the book is also of great interest for background information on the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires.

For many PaleoJudaica posts on both empires, including their coins, and their importance for biblical and ancient Jewish studies, start here (plus here and here) and follow the links.

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