Mendels, Doron

Personal:

Born 1944, Tel Aviv; Ph.D. 1976, Hebrew Univ.; Lect. 1977; Sen. Lect. 1983; Assoc. Prof. 1989; Prof. 1994.

Research Interests:

Hellenism in the ancient Near East. The Hellenistic and Jewish background to early Christianity.

Research Projects:

1. Hellenistic historiography in the ancient Near East during the fourth century B.C.E. to the first century C.E.

2. Nationalism in the Hellenistic Near East.

Abstracts of Current Research:

Jewish political thought in the second century B.C.E.:

This study analyzed the attitude of the Jews to their land in its political context.

Historiography in the ancient Near East:

The historiographical aspect of writers emanating from the indigenous populations of the ancient Near East was examined.