Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity Third Maccabees in its cultural context /
Johnson, Sara Raup, 1966-
Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity Third Maccabees in its cultural context / [electronic resource] : Sara Raup Johnson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xix, 253 p. - Hellenistic culture and society ; 43 . - Hellenistic culture and society ; 43. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical fictions and Jewish self-fashioning. Introduction -- Jews at court -- Josephus -- Artapanus -- Joseph and Aseneth -- Conclusion -- Third Maccabees, a case study. Introduction -- Chapter 1:5 : date of composition -- Chapter 2:6 : Third Maccabees in its literary context -- Chapter 3:7 : authorship, audience and Jewish identity -- Chapter 4:8 : historicity and historical ambivalence.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Third Book of Maccabees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.
Historical fiction--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
BS1825.52 / .J64 2004
229/.75
Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity Third Maccabees in its cultural context / [electronic resource] : Sara Raup Johnson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xix, 253 p. - Hellenistic culture and society ; 43 . - Hellenistic culture and society ; 43. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical fictions and Jewish self-fashioning. Introduction -- Jews at court -- Josephus -- Artapanus -- Joseph and Aseneth -- Conclusion -- Third Maccabees, a case study. Introduction -- Chapter 1:5 : date of composition -- Chapter 2:6 : Third Maccabees in its literary context -- Chapter 3:7 : authorship, audience and Jewish identity -- Chapter 4:8 : historicity and historical ambivalence.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Third Book of Maccabees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.
Historical fiction--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
BS1825.52 / .J64 2004
229/.75