Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context

by Sara Raup Johnson

In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including the Letter of Aristeas, 2 Maccabees, Esther, Daniel, Judith, Tobit, Josephus's account of Alexander's visit to Jerusalem and of the Tobiads, Artapanus, and Joseph and Aseneth, she demonstrates that the use of historical fiction in these texts does not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520233077
• ISBN13: 9780520233072
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"