From Josephus to Yosippon and beyond : text - re-interpretations - afterlives / edited by Carson Bay, Michael Avioz, Jan Willem Van Henten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bay, Carson, 1986- editor.

Avioz, Michael, 1967- editor.

Henten, Jan Willem van, 1955- editor.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 215.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 215

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Josephus, Flavius.

Josippon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Josippon.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96.

Rome.

Physical Description:

xx, 662 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An Introduction to Josephus, Yosippon , and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of a Josephan Legacy in Modern Scholarship / Carson Bay, Michael Avioz, and Jan Willem van Henten

Part 1 Flavius Josephus: Context, Greek Text, and Literary Features

Interpreting Josephus Contextually: Composition, Audiences, Messages, and Meaning / Steve Mason

Josephus and the Bible / Erich S. Gruen

Ancient Jewish Court-Tales, Scriptural Adaptation, and Greco-Roman Discourses of Exemplarity: Joseph, Esther, and Agrippa I in Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicae / David R. Edwards

The Language of the Law: Narratology and Register Variation in Josephus’ Cultic Laws and Constitution / Silvia Castelli

Free Speech and Moses’ Laws: The Limits of παρρησία in Josephus’ Works / Ursula Westwood

Part 2 Sefer Yosippon and Latin Josephus: Manuscripts and Text Criticism

The Hebrew Manuscripts of Sefer Yosippon / Saskia Dönitz

Beyond Flusser: The Text of Latin Antiquities 13 and Sefer Yosippon / David B. Levenson

Part 3 Sefer Yosippon: Traditions, Intertexts, and (Re-)Interpretations

The Beginning of the End: Yosippon’s ‘Aeneid’ and Adso’s Apocalypse / Ruth Nisse

The Maccabean Mother and Her Seven Sons in Sefer Yosippon 15: Interconnections with Previous Versions of the Martyrdom and Important Motifs / Jan Willem van Henten

Killing Matthias: De excidio 5.22 and Sefer Yosippon 81 (פא) / Carson Bay

Yosippon as an Innovative and Creative Genius / Steven Bowman

Sefer Yosippon as a Source for Hasmonean History: The Mysterious Story of John Hyrcanus and the Parthians / Kenneth Atkinson

Sefer Yosippon and Sefer Masaʿot: A Reconsideration / Daniel Stein Kokin

Part 4 Beyond Josephus and Yosippon: Reception, Afterlives, and Legacy

English Versions of Josephus in the Nineteenth Century: Omissions and Additions / Martin Goodman

Josephus on the School Bench / Meir Ben Shahar

‘Josephus Proudly Presents’: Figurations of Josephus Presenting His Work in High Medieval Latin Manuscripts (12th and 13th Centuries) / Katharina Heyden

Between Josephus and Yosippon: Lamdan’s Masada / Yael S. Feldman

Schalit’s Modern Hebrew Translation of Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicae: A Reassessment / Michael Avioz

Zena Ayhud (The History of the Jews): The Text and Context of the Ethiopic Version of Sefer Yosippon / Yonatan Binyam

The Christian Reception of Sefer Yosippon in Western Europe / Nadia Zeldes

Un-writing the End: Histories and Counter- histories in the Early Modern Yosippon / Andrea Schatz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: From Josephus to Yosippon and beyond

ISBN:

9789004693289

9004693289

OCLC:

1412201314