Contesting Jewish History in Late Antique Christianity and Early Medieval Judaism: Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War between the Latin On the Destruction ... (Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, 105) - Couverture rigide

Bay, Carson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004759107 ISBN 13 : 9789004759107

Editeur : Brill, 2026

Synopsis

On the Destruction of Jerusalem, an anonymous Latin Christian text from Late Antiquity (c. 375 CE), paraphrased Flavius Josephus’ Greek Jewish War (ca. 75 CE) to reinterpret the Roman-Jewish War (66-70 CE) and the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple (70 CE) as proof that God had abandoned the Jews (because they had rejected Jesus Christ). No Jewish alternative to this supersessionist historiography existed for hundreds of years. Then, around 900 CE, the anonymous Hebrew Book of Yosippon rewrote this history anew, based on the narrative of On the Destruction Jerusalem. This monograph provides the first extensive comparison of these texts, showing how the Book of Yosippon biblicized, theologized, and Judaized its Latin source, overwriting the Christian narrative of late-Second Temple Judaism and underwriting a new version of that story. In so doing, the Book of Yosippon resurrected the spirit of Hellenistic Judaism, reclaiming Jewish history for the Jews in the Early Middle Ages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004759107
• ISBN 13: 9789004759107
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
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