Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible (1998 Feldman), book
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Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible (1998) is a book by Louis H. Feldman.
Abstract
"The present volume, consisting of 35 studies of various portions of Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, is an attempt to examine the oldest systematic commentary on the historical books of the Bible that has come down to us. It considers how Josephus resolves apparent contradictions, obscurities, and theological and other questions, as well as the historicity of biblical events, which have puzzled classical commentators on the Bible. It attempts to explain cases, notably Ahab, Hezekiah, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, where Josephus seems to change the biblical text radically. Included are Josephus' interpretations of several phrophets, women and non-Jewish leaders. All of these studies have previously appeared in print over a period of almost three decades in 34 different publications. However, they have been edited, corrected, and updated in many ways."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Leiden: Brill, 1998 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 58).
Contents
- 1. Man's Decline After Creation
- 2. Noah
- 3. Jethro
- 4. Aaron
- 5. The Pharaohs
- 6. Korah
- 7. Balaam
- 8. Ehud
- 9. Deborah
- 10. Gideon
- 11. Jephthah
- 12. Ruth
- 13. Joab
- 14. Absalom
- 15. Jeroboam
- 16. Rehoboam
- 17. Asa
- 18. Ahab
- 19. Elijah
- 20. Jehoshaphat
- 21. Jehoram, King of Israel
- 22. Elisha
- 23. Jehu
- 24. Hezekiah
- 25. Isaiah
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- 34. Ahasuerus
- 35. Esther
- Indices