Josephus and the “Archaeology” of the Jews

Rajak, Tessa

doi:10.18647/1061/jjs-1982

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“…Ladouceur (1983) makes a thorough study of a single problem, namely, the thesis of Shutt (1961) (and others) that especially in Ant., Josephus is dependent upon Dionysius from Halicarnassus (cf. Balch, Downing, Feldman (1982) and Rajak (1982)). The thesis is tested linguistically and statistically with regard to the vocabulary (pp.…”

Section: F Josephus' Literary Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Important investigations of Ant. are made by Amaru, Feldman (1982), Rajak (1982), Runnalls and Attridge (1984). By reviewing Josephus' alterations and reinterpretations in the "translation" of the Biblical Scriptures in the Ant., Amaru encompasses Josephus' own view of the land of Israel and God's promises of this land to the people.…”

Section: Antmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We may suggest that if such scholars will spend more time analyzing his work they may find less capriciousness than they had originally attributed to Josephus (p. 98). Rajak (1982) takes it upon herself to investigate to what extent Ant. is Greek and/or Jewish from a literary point of view.…”

Section: Antmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Attridge (1984), Balch, S.J.D. Cohen (1982), Downing (1980a and, Feldman (1982), Ladouceur (1980 and, Martin, Michel (1984), Rajak (1982), Schäublin, Shutt (1981 and Vermes (1982)), but most of these scholars have argued convincingly in favour of the assumption that the contents and line of thought in his works are primarily of a Biblical and Palestinian-Jewish nature (cf. Attridge, Goldenberg, Martin, Michel, Rajak, Runnalls, Schäublin, Shutt and Vermes).…”

Section: H Historiographymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Josephus was a Jewish historian during the 1st century in the Roman Empire. In the Christian church, Josephus received recognition as a crypto-Christian Nicodemus character, a kind of Jewish church father similar to Philo, or a kind of fifth evangelist. In late antiquity and the Middle Ages of Europe he was respected and esteemed as a great author and historian. For example, a man like Hieronymus would describe him as the Jewish Livius. During this period, admiration of him was nearly uncritical, and the work of scholars consisted primarily in carrying on the tradition by constantly creating new editions and translations. The first slight signs of critical attitude appeared at the end of the Middle Ages, when one gradually began to take note of and comment on Josephus’ deviations from the text of the Old Testament in his rendering of biblical history.

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Section: F Josephus' Literary Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Antmentioning

confidence: 99%