Shifting images of the Hasmoneans: second temple legends and their reception in Josephus and rabbinic literature
This work considers a series of Jewish stories that describe cruxes in the history of the Hasmonean revolt and the Hasmonean kingdom, embedded both in the narrative of Flavius Josephus and in the halakhic-exegetical compositions of rabbinic literature.
| Summary: | This work considers a series of Jewish stories that describe cruxes in the history of the Hasmonean revolt and the Hasmonean kingdom, embedded both in the narrative of Flavius Josephus and in the halakhic-exegetical compositions of rabbinic literature. Cover -- Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans: Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud -- Midrash and Other Works -- Abbreviations of Journals and Series Names -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- A. THE IMAGE OF THE HASMONEANS: A FRESH PERSPECTIVE FROM AN UNRECOGNIZED CORPUS -- B. THE CORPORA: A COMPARISON -- C. THE PARALLELS BETWEEN JOSEPHUS AND RABBINIC LITERATURE -- D. APPROACHES TO JOSEPHUS AND HIS SOURCES -- E. THE PARALLELS BETWEEN JOSEPHUS AND RABBINIC LITERATURE: A PROPOSED CHARACTERIZATION -- Identifying Incongruent Traditions in Josephus -- Early Features in Rabbinic Literature -- F. AN EARLY POOL OF TRADITIONS -- G. MEMORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY -- H. CONTENTS, AIMS, AND METHODOLOGY -- 1. Nicanor's Defeat -- A. THE SOURCES -- Josephus, Antiquities 12.402-12 -- Rabbinic Sources -- Megillat Ta'anit, 13 Adar -- Scholion P -- Scholion O -- Y. Ta'anit 2:13, 66a [=Y. Meg. 1:6, 70c] -- B. Ta'anit 18b -- B. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- C. THE ACCOUNTS OF NICANOR'S DEFEAT -- Josephus and His Sources -- Josephus and 1 Maccabees -- 1 Maccabees and Rabbinic Sources -- The Erasure of Judas Maccabeus -- D. CONCLUSION -- 2. John Hyrcanus and a Heavenly Voice -- A. THE SOURCES -- Josephus, Antiquities 13.282-3 -- Rabbinic Sources -- T. Sotah 13:5 -- B. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- C. THE TRADITION -- Thematic Features: Temple, Priest, and Prophetic Powers -- Linguistic Features -- D. THE PROVENANCE OF THE LEGEND -- Contextual Considerations -- The Components of the Tradition -- E. CONCLUSION -- 3. The Rupture with the Pharisees -- A. THE SOURCES -- Josephus, Antiquities 13.288-98 -- Rabbinic Sources -- B. Qiddushin 66a4 -- B. THE TRADITIONS: A COMPARISON -- C. THE STORY IN ANTIQUITIES AND B. QIDDUSHIN: A CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATION. |
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| ISBN: | 0192539396 |