The Place of Josephus in Abravanel's Writings

Don Isaac Abravanel, the famous Jewish commentator who lived in Portugal, Spain, and Italy during the transition from the medieval times to the Renaissance (1437-1508), draws several times to Josephus's writing in his commentary on the Bible. While the Book of Josippon was known to other Mediev...

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Main Author: Aviʿoz, Mikhaʾel 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2019
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Pages: 357-374
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Abravanel, Yitsḥaḳ 1437-1508 / Josephus, Flavius 37-100 / Commentary / Bible / Josippon (Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʾumi ṿe-ha-universiṭaʾi ha-ʿivri) Ms. Jerusalem 8°41280
IxTheo Classification:KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KBH Iberian Peninsula
KBJ Italy
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Summary:Don Isaac Abravanel, the famous Jewish commentator who lived in Portugal, Spain, and Italy during the transition from the medieval times to the Renaissance (1437-1508), draws several times to Josephus's writing in his commentary on the Bible. While the Book of Josippon was known to other Medieval Jewish commentators, the same cannot be said of Josephus, whose writings were available in Greek and Latin only. In this paper I will point to references to Josippon and Josephus throughout Abravanel's writings. I will demonstrate the ways that Abravanel made use of these authors in his writings.
ISSN:2158-1681
Contains:Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2019.0001