The “Others” Coming to John the Baptist and the Text of Josephus

Josephus’s passage on John the Baptist (Ant. 18.116-119) contains a much-discussed crux interpretum: who are the “others” that are inspired by John’s words and ready to do everything he said (§118), and who are distinguished from those who gave heed to his message and were baptized (§117)? After a b...

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Autore principale: Rotman, Marco (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2018
In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Anno: 2018, Volume: 49, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 68-83
Altre parole chiave:B Josephus, Flavius (37-100)
B John the Baptist Flavius Josephus Josephus manuscripts textual criticism conjectural criticism
B Giovanni der Täufer
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Riepilogo:Josephus’s passage on John the Baptist (Ant. 18.116-119) contains a much-discussed crux interpretum: who are the “others” that are inspired by John’s words and ready to do everything he said (§118), and who are distinguished from those who gave heed to his message and were baptized (§117)? After a brief discussion of the textual witnesses, text, and translation of the passage in question, various interpretations of “the others” are discussed, none of which is entirely satisfactory. In this article a case will be made for accepting the conjecture originally proposed by Benedikt Niese, who assumed that Josephus originally wrote ἀνθρώπων “people” instead of ἄλλων “others.”
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ISSN:1570-0631
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12491167