Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity [electronic resource] : Third Maccabees in its cultural context / Sara Raup Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.Description: xix, 253 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 229/.75 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1825.52 .J64 2004eb
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Contents:
Historical fictions and Jewish self-fashioning. Introduction -- Jews at court -- Josephus -- Artapanus -- Joseph and Aseneth -- Conclusion -- Third Maccabees, a case study. Introduction -- Chapter 1:5 : date of composition -- Chapter 2:6 : Third Maccabees in its literary context -- Chapter 3:7 : authorship, audience and Jewish identity -- Chapter 4:8 : historicity and historical ambivalence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical fictions and Jewish self-fashioning. Introduction -- Jews at court -- Josephus -- Artapanus -- Joseph and Aseneth -- Conclusion -- Third Maccabees, a case study. Introduction -- Chapter 1:5 : date of composition -- Chapter 2:6 : Third Maccabees in its literary context -- Chapter 3:7 : authorship, audience and Jewish identity -- Chapter 4:8 : historicity and historical ambivalence.

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