Vivid Representation and Victims of Forced Displacement in Jewish Literature in Greek
This article examines the portrayal of forced displacement in selected Greek-language Jewish prose texts. The selected narratives concern 1) the capture of slaves from Judea by Ptolemy I and their liberation by his son (Arist. 12-27); 2) Ptolemy IV’s forced mobilisation of Jews to the hippodrome of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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NTT
Year: 2025, Volume: 79, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-111 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature in Greek
B Intersectionality B forced displacement B Social stratification B vividness (enargeia) |
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| Summary: | This article examines the portrayal of forced displacement in selected Greek-language Jewish prose texts. The selected narratives concern 1) the capture of slaves from Judea by Ptolemy I and their liberation by his son (Arist. 12-27); 2) Ptolemy IV’s forced mobilisation of Jews to the hippodrome of Schedia, near Alexandria (3 Macc. 4:4-11); and 3) Mary of Bethezuba, a refugee in Jerusalem during the Roman siege in 70 CE (Josephus, J.W. 6.199-219). I analyse the role of non-hegemonic social groups such as women, children, and the elderly in these narratives in terms of Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions of vivid representation (enargeia). Based on this analysis, I argue that the emphasis on these specific groups can be explained as rhetorical highlights designed to appeal to the imagination of ancient readers and listeners. |
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| ISSN: | 2590-3268 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: NTT
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/NTT2025.1.005.GLAS |
