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Josephus and the Pentateuch

Josephus and the Pentateuch JOSEPHUS AND THE PENTATEUCH BY É. NODET École Biblique, Jerusalem INTRODUCTION In his twenty-book Jewish Antiquities, Josephus, a high-ranking freed- man of Caesar's living at Rome, presents in Greek the history of his nation, from its origins up to the eve of the Galilee war (66). For the first half, from Adam to the Exile, he follows the Bible. The purpose of this paper, prompted by a systematic study of the first four books of the Antiquities,' is to summarize what can be said about the Pentateuch used by Josephus,2 in order to grant him an honorable position among ' See Etienne Nodet & al., Flavius Josephe: les Antiquitis juives (Paris: Ed. du Cerf, vol. I [Books 1-3], 21992; vol. II [Books 4-5], 1995). Abbr. - Field: Fridericus Field, Origenis hexaplorum quae supersunt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1875); the mention "deest Field" indicates that the verse dealt with does not appear in the extent Hexapla fragments; Hex.: variant witnessed by Aq., Sym. & Theod.; Orig.: Origen's text and/or editing. - Loeb: Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (transl. by H. St. John Thackeray, Ralf Marcus, Allan Wikgren & Louis H. Feldman; Loeb Classical Library, vols. IV-IX). Reinach: Theodore Reinach (6d.), ?uares complètes de http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

Josephus and the Pentateuch

Nodet, É.
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 28 (2): 154 – Jan 1, 1997
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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JOSEPHUS AND THE PENTATEUCH BY É. NODET École Biblique, Jerusalem INTRODUCTION In his twenty-book Jewish Antiquities, Josephus, a high-ranking freed- man of Caesar's living at Rome, presents in Greek the history of his nation, from its origins up to the eve of the Galilee war (66). For the first half, from Adam to the Exile, he follows the Bible. The purpose of this paper, prompted by a systematic study of the first four books of the Antiquities,' is to summarize what can be said about the Pentateuch used by Josephus,2 in order to grant him an honorable position among ' See Etienne Nodet & al., Flavius Josephe: les Antiquitis juives (Paris: Ed. du Cerf, vol. I [Books 1-3], 21992; vol. II [Books 4-5], 1995). Abbr. - Field: Fridericus Field, Origenis hexaplorum quae supersunt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1875); the mention "deest Field" indicates that the verse dealt with does not appear in the extent Hexapla fragments; Hex.: variant witnessed by Aq., Sym. & Theod.; Orig.: Origen's text and/or editing. - Loeb: Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (transl. by H. St. John Thackeray, Ralf Marcus, Allan Wikgren & Louis H. Feldman; Loeb Classical Library, vols. IV-IX). Reinach: Theodore Reinach (6d.), ?uares complètes de

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