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

By: Johnson, Sara Raup, 1966-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society: 43.Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004Description: xix, 253 p.Subject(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 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.