Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity : Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context

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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 Alexan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Sara Raup
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Third Book of Maccabees.
Third Book of Maccabees > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion.
Judaism.
Jews > Identity.
Historical fiction.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Bible Study Guides.
Historical fiction > History and criticism.
Jews > Identity > History > To 1500.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (271 pages).
ISBN:9780520928435

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