Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization

This study of cultural confrontation looks at the attitude of the Greeks to four different civilizations - the Roman, Celtic, Jewish and Persian - and analyses their cultural and intellectual interactions in the last four centuries B.C. It argues that the Greeks, Romans and Jews formed an exclusive relationship, effectively establishing, what was until recently, the normal horizon of Western civilisation.Arnaldo Momigliano is the author of 'Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization', published 1976 under ISBN 9780521208765 and ISBN 0521208769.