Moses among the Greek lawgivers: reading Josephus' antiquities through Plutarch's lives
"Josephus' Antiquities introduces Moses as the Jewish lawgiver, adapting the biblical account for a new audience. But who was that audience, and what did they understand by the term lawgiver ? This book uses Plutarch's Lives as an proxy for an imagined audience, providing a historical...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements (volume 210)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements
volume 210 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Plutarchus 45-120
/ Josephus, Flavius 37-100, Antiquitates Judaicae
/ Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Law
/ Jewish law
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism TB Antiquity XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Josephus, Flavius Antiquitates Judaicae
B Plutarch Lives B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish B Law, Greek History B Jewish Law History B Thesis B Jewish Law B Judaism Apologetic works History and criticism |
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| Summary: | "Josephus' Antiquities introduces Moses as the Jewish lawgiver, adapting the biblical account for a new audience. But who was that audience, and what did they understand by the term lawgiver ? This book uses Plutarch's Lives as an proxy for an imagined audience, providing a historically grounded but flexible model of a lawgiver, against which some of the otherwise invisible forces shaping Josephus' choices are thrown into sharp relief. This method reveals patterns of appeal and challenge in Josephus' intriguing and lively account of Moses' legislative activities"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 233-252 |
| ISBN: | 9004681345 |