From Josephus to Yosippon and beyond: text - re-interpretations - afterlives

This volume marks the state-of-the-art concerning research on Flavius Josephus, Sefer Yosippon, and reception history of both. The essays contained herein draw together and build upon past research to establish a new foundation for future work on these important texts.

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Contributors: Bay, Carson 1986- (Editor) ; Aviʿoz, Mikhaʾel 1967- (Editor) ; Henten, Jan Willem van 1955- (Editor)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2024]
In: Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements (volume 215)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements volume 215
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Josephus, Flavius 37-100 / Josippon / Reception
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Josippon Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
B Rome History Flavians, 69-96
B Josephus, Flavius
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Summary:This volume marks the state-of-the-art concerning research on Flavius Josephus, Sefer Yosippon, and reception history of both. The essays contained herein draw together and build upon past research to establish a new foundation for future work on these important texts.
"Two millennia ago, the Jewish priest-turned-general Flavius Josephus, captured by the emperor Vespasian in the middle of the Roman-Jewish War (66-70 CE), spent the last several decades of his life in Rome writing several historiographical works in Greek. Josephus was eagerly read and used by Christian thinkers, but eventually his writings became the basis for the early-10th century Hebrew text called Sefer Yosippon, reintegrating Josephus into the Jewish tradition. This volume marks the first edited collection to be dedicated to the study of Josephus, Yosippon, and their reception histories. Consisting of critical inquiries into one or both of these texts and their afterlives, the essays in this volume pave the way for future research on the Josephan tradition in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and beyond"--
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ISBN:9004693289
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004693296