Implicit Criticism of Scriptures and Josephus' Rewritten Bible

This article discusses scriptural authority among ancient Jews. Josephus' metho-dological statement about rearranging the order of the biblical laws (Ant. 4.197) is examined within the context of scholarly discussions about the »rewritten Bible.« It is shown that Josephus intended that the laws...

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Главный автор: Lim, Timothy 1960- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Mohr Siebeck 2022
В: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Год: 2022, Том: 11, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 19-30
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Josephus, Flavius 37-100 / История (мотив) / Святое писание / Авторитет (мотив)
Индексация IxTheo:HB Ветхий Завет
HD Ранний иудаизм
HH Археология
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Итог:This article discusses scriptural authority among ancient Jews. Josephus' metho-dological statement about rearranging the order of the biblical laws (Ant. 4.197) is examined within the context of scholarly discussions about the »rewritten Bible.« It is shown that Josephus intended that the laws and narratives of scripture to be reordered to accommodate a better sense of the content of the laws and the flow of the events. He perceived that the writings (scriptures) were left in a scattered con-dition, so he innovated to rearrange the order of the topics of the laws and narratives. Josephus held that the twenty--two books of the Jewish canon was authoritative and accurate for historiographical purposes, but he also believed that scripture could be changed and added to, especially for the period extending from the reign of Artaxerxes to his own day at the end of the first century CE.
ISSN:2192-2284
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2022-0004