Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 4 Judean Antiquities Books 5-7: Translation and Commentary

by Christopher T. Begg, Christopher Begg

Overview

This volume provides a new English translation of and commentary on Josephus' Judean Antiquities 5-7 in which he retells the history of Israel from the entry into the land down to the death of King David. The commentary devotes special attention to the ways in which Josephus deals with the data of his biblical sources, i.e. the Books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, and 1 Chronicles. It likewise looks to the question of the biblical text-forms used by Josephus and calls attention to Jewish and Greco-Roman parallels to his presentation. The book is intended primarily for biblicists and scholars of ancient Judaism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004117853
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/15/2004
Series:	Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary Series , #4
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	8.02(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.29(d)

About the Author

Christopher T. Begg, Ph.D. (1978) in Religious Studies, University of Louvain, is Professor of Old Testament at the Catholic University of America. He has published extensively on Josephus' reworking of the Bible, including Josephus' Account of the Early Divided Monarchy (Peeters, 1993) and Josephus' Story of the Later Monarchy (Peeters, 2000).

Editorial Reviews

"Steve Mason and his team assembled by Brill are to be commended on their effort in this daunting and consuming project." – Shawn C. Madden, in: Faith & Mission (2005)

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