Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity [electronic resource] : Third Maccabees in its cultural context / Sara Raup Johnson.

By: Johnson, Sara Raup, 1966-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004Description: xix, 253 pSubject(s): Third Book of Maccabees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D | Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500 | Historical fiction -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 229/.75 LOC classification: BS1825.52 | .J64 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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