Review of Coşkun & Wenghofer (eds.), Seleukid ideology: creation, reception and response

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Seleukid ideology: creation, reception and response.

Altay Coşkun, Richard Wenghofer, Seleukid ideology: creation, reception and response. Seleukid perspectives, 1. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2023. Pp. 390. ISBN 9783515134781.

Review by
Marco Ferrario, University of Trento / Universität Augsburg. marco.ferrarrio@unitn.it / marco.ferrario@uni-a.de

Seleukid Ideology heralds a new series devoted to studying several aspects of the Empire’s history. It grew from a monthly Seleukid Lecture Series, an informal network of established scholars and upcoming researchers, and it represents another welcome outcome of the Seleukid Study Days, several proceedings of which have already been published in the last few years.

[...]

Lots of interesting-looking articles in this volume, notably:

12. Benjamin E. Scolnic, Śar Wars—How a Judaean Author in the 160’s BCE Transformed a Ptolemaic View of Hellenistic History into a Theology for His Time
13. Eran Almagor, “To All Parts of the Kingdom”: The Book of Esther as a Seleukid Text.
15. Altay Coşkun, The Efficacy of Ideological Discourse: Loyalty to the Seleukid Dynasty in Babylonia, Judaea, and Asia Minor

For additional PaleoJudaica posts on the Seleukid (Seleucid) dynasty and its importance for the Bible and Second Temple Judaism, start here and follow the links.

Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.