Johnson, Sara Raup,  1966- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Third Book of Maccabees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.<br/>Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.<br/>Historical fiction--History and criticism.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1825.52  / .J64 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>229/.75