A Note on Contra Apionem 1.250: Further Evidence for Anti-Jewish Interpolation
This article makes the case that the citation of Manetho’s Aegyptiaca found within Josephus’ Contra Apionem 1.250 is the work of a later anti-Jewish interpolator. Within the passage is an unnoticed chiasm that artificially binds the description of Osarsiph/Moses there with the Osarsephos introduced...
| Published in: | Journal of ancient Judaism |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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| In: |
Journal of ancient Judaism
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Josephus, Flavius 37-100, Contra Apionem
/ Manetho, Aegyptius, Aigyptiaka
/ Interpolation
/ Jews
/ Rejection of
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| RelBib Classification: | HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Manetho
B Anti-semitism B Hyksos B Egypt B Anti-judaism B Osarsiph B Interpolator B Moses |
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| Summary: | This article makes the case that the citation of Manetho’s Aegyptiaca found within Josephus’ Contra Apionem 1.250 is the work of a later anti-Jewish interpolator. Within the passage is an unnoticed chiasm that artificially binds the description of Osarsiph/Moses there with the Osarsephos introduced earlier in C. Ap . 1.238–9. It further suggests that the reason a negative depiction of Moses is not more fully integrated into Manetho’s story is the result of the interpolator inferring Manetho’s negative evaluation of the Jews as a result of his negative evaluation of the Hyksos. Manetho is, in other words, not the father of Egyptian anti-Judaism, though an anonymous editor may well be. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-7954 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Judaism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/21967954-bja10005 |