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Josephus’ Reinterpretation of Scripture
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Abstract
Although Flavius Josephus has traditionally been regarded more as a historian than an exegete, in recent years a growing number of scholars have come to recognize his interpretive skills. These are most evident in Antiquities 1–11, which retell the Hebrew Bible from Genesis to Esther. This chapter shows that the first step in analyzing Josephus’ retelling of the Hebrew Bible is to recognize that it consists of two sources, both of which must be treated seriously in their own right. Rather than imposing an a priori meaning on either the biblical or Josephus’ text, the biblical source must first be identified, engaged with, and its difficulties addressed and/or resolved before approaching Josephus’ reworking of it. If this process is skipped, we are likely to misread Josephus.
Title: Josephus’ Reinterpretation of Scripture
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Abstract
Although Flavius Josephus has traditionally been regarded more as a historian than an exegete, in recent years a growing number of scholars have come to recognize his interpretive skills.
These are most evident in Antiquities 1–11, which retell the Hebrew Bible from Genesis to Esther.
This chapter shows that the first step in analyzing Josephus’ retelling of the Hebrew Bible is to recognize that it consists of two sources, both of which must be treated seriously in their own right.
Rather than imposing an a priori meaning on either the biblical or Josephus’ text, the biblical source must first be identified, engaged with, and its difficulties addressed and/or resolved before approaching Josephus’ reworking of it.
If this process is skipped, we are likely to misread Josephus.
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