Anthony D. Smith Quote

But the parallels go further, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians after their subordination to others and emigration or expulsion from their original homelands became Diaspora ethno-religious communities cultivating the particular virtues and aptitudes of their traditions. These included a respect for scholarship and learning, derived from constant study of sacred texts (and in the Greek case some of their ancient secular texts seen through religious filters); and hence a generally high status accorded to religious scholars and clergy within each enclave. Allied to this was a marked aptitude for literary expression—poetic, philosophical, legal, liturgical, linguistic, and historical.


Chapter: Greeks, Armenians and Jews. - Myths and Memories of the Nation (1999)


But the parallels go further, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians after their subordination to others and emigration or expulsion from their original...

But the parallels go further, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians after their subordination to others and emigration or expulsion from their original...

But the parallels go further, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians after their subordination to others and emigration or expulsion from their original...

But the parallels go further, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians after their subordination to others and emigration or expulsion from their original...