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...

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Auteur principal: Ferguson, Cameron Evan (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2021
Dans: Journal of ancient Judaism
Année: 2021, Volume: 12, Numéro: 2, Pages: 205-216
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Josephus, Flavius 37-100, Contra Apionem / Manetho, Aegyptius, Aigyptiaka / Interpolation / Jews / Rejection of
RelBib Classification:HD Judaïsme ancien
Sujets non-standardisés:B Manetho
B Anti-semitism
B Hyksos
B Egypt
B Anti-judaism
B Osarsiph
B Interpolator
B Moses
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:2196-7954
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/21967954-bja10005