| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 43 |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity; 1 Jews at Court; 2 Josephus; 3 Patriarchal Fictions; Part II: Third Maccabees: A Case Study; 4 Date, Literary Context, Authorship, and Audience; 5 Historicity and Historical Ambivalence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including the Letter of Aristeas, 2 Maccabees, Esther, Daniel, Judith, Tobit, Josephus's account of Alexander's visit to Jerusalem and of the Tobiads, Artapanus, and Joseph and Aseneth, she demonstrates that the use of historical fiction in these texts does not constitute a uniform genre. Instead it cuts across all boundaries of language, provenance, genre, and even purpose. Johnson argues that each author us |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Third Book of Maccabees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Third Book of Maccabees fast |
| Subject |
Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500
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Historical fiction -- History and criticism
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Bible Study Guides.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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Historical fiction
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Jews -- Identity
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Judaism.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520928435 |
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0520928431 |
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0520233077 |
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9780520233072 |
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1597346551 |
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9781597346559 |
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1282356399 |
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9781282356399 |
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