In the Court of the Gentiles : : Narrative, Exemplarity, and Scriptural Adaptation in the Court-Tales of Flavius Josephus / / David Edwards.

Edwards explores how Josephus in Antiquities adapts the scriptural stories of Joseph and Esther in unexpected ways as models for accounts of more recent Jewish figures. Terming this practice “subversive adaptation,” Edwards contextualizes it within Greco-Roman literary culture and employs the concep...

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Series ; Volume 209
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; Volume 209.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages) :; illustrations.
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