TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Sara Raup ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Historical fictions and Hellenistic Jewish identity: Third Maccabees in its cultural context T2 - Hellenistic culture and society AV - BS1825.52 .J64 2004eb U1 - 229/.75 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Third Book of Maccabees KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Jews KW - History KW - 586 B.C.-70 A.D KW - Identity KW - To 1500 KW - Historical fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10074322 ER -