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Author Johnson, Sara Raup, 1966-

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

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

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Description xix, 253 p.
Series Hellenistic culture and society ; 43
Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Third Book of Maccabees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500.
Historical fiction -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0520233077

 
    
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