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...
| Основен автор: | Johnson, Sara Raup. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2005.
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| Серия: |
Hellenistic culture and society ;
43. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295159 |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (281 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520928435 0520928431 0520233077 9780520233072 1597346551 9781597346559 1282356399 9781282356399 |