Download or read book Alien Wisdom written by Arnaldo Momigliano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic study of cultural confrontation Professor Momigliano examines the Greeks' attitude toward the contemporary civilizations of the Romans, Celts, Jews, and Persians. Analyzing cultural and intellectual interaction from the fourth through the first centuries B.C., Momigliano argues that in the Hellenistic period the Greeks, Romans, and Jews enjoyed an exclusive special relationship that guaranteed their lasting dominance of Western civilization.