Cultural Resilience in the Hellenistic Southern Levant
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Cultural Resilience in the Hellenistic Southern Levant - Mediterranean Resilience |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Eleonora Bedin; University of Haifa (PhD candidate); Israel |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Hellenistic and Roman periods; Mediterranean history; cultural identities; cultural adaptation; epigraphy; numismatics; iconography |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Mediterranean archaeology; coastal archaeology |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Throughout antiquity, coastal Mediterranean societies frequently adapted their cultural constructs in response to challenges in their routine and changes in their environment. Most of the crises portrayed in this volume and the modes of adaptability devised to meet them would have found representation in the cultural aspects of gradually changing societies. In the Hellenistic Levant, when influential Hellenism followed Hellenistic conquest, two complementary strategies were adopted for securing the resilience of both state and identity. Aimed mostly outwardly, symbols and motifs participating in the universal language of power—such as language, coinage, and official deities—were quickly adopted by elite groups and the administration, aimed to encourage international recognition. Internally, however, traditional elements preceding Hellenism were preserved, and the adoption of change occurred gradually, often resulting in syncretistic creations combining old and new. It is the purpose of this article to analyze this phenomenon through perspectives relevant to adaptation and resilience, focusing on the coastal cities of the Hellenistic southern Levant—namely, Ptolemais-Ake, Dora, Joppa, and Ascalon, as well as on the Hasmonean dynasty. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 20-Nov-2023 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/books/article/view/41506 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.41506 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Mediterranean Resilience |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Mediterranean, epi-paleolithic to Medieval |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |