From Josephus to Yosippon and Beyond: Text – Re-interpretations – Afterlives
Two millennia ago, the Jewish priest-turned-general Flavius Josephus, captured by the emperor Vespasian in the middle of the Roman-Jewish War (66–70 CE), spent the last several decades of his life in Rome writing several historiographical works in Greek. Josephus was eagerly read and used by Christi...
| Subtitles: | Text – Re-interpretations – Afterlives |
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| Contributors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2024
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 215 |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblical Studies
B Classical Studies B Ancient Judaism |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: From Josephus to Yosippon and Beyond : Text – Re-interpretations – Afterlives. - Leiden : Brill, 2024. - 9789004693289 |
| Summary: | Two millennia ago, the Jewish priest-turned-general Flavius Josephus, captured by the emperor Vespasian in the middle of the Roman-Jewish War (66–70 CE), spent the last several decades of his life in Rome writing several historiographical works in Greek. Josephus was eagerly read and used by Christian thinkers, but eventually his writings became the basis for the early-10th century Hebrew text called Sefer Yosippon, reintegrating Josephus into the Jewish tradition. This volume marks the first edited collection to be dedicated to the study of Josephus, Yosippon, and their reception histories. Consisting of critical inquiries into one or both of these texts and their afterlives, the essays in this volume pave the way for future research on the Josephan tradition in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and beyond |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004693297 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004693296 |