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Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity : Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context.
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
43. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity; 1 Jews at Court; 2 Josephus; 3 Patriarchal Fictions; Part II: Third Maccabees: A Case Study; 4 Date, Literary Context, Authorship, and Audience; 5 Historicity and Historical Ambivalence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.