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基本説明
This volume contains a fresh English translation of Josephus apologetic treatise Against Apion, based on the new critical text established by H. Schreckenberg. It also provides the first English commentary on this treatise, with comprehensive treatement of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of Josephus' most engaging literary product.
Full Description
This is the first English commentary on Josephus' Against Apion, his apologetic treatise which rebuts Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people. Accompanied by a new translation, the commentary provides full analysis of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of the treatise, and analyses its engagement with the cultural politics of the ancient world.
Against Apion is also available in paperback (ISBN 978-90-04-24631-7).
Contents
Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project
Abbreviations and Sigla
Acknowledgements
Josephus, Against Apion
Book 1
Book 2
Appendix 1: Manetho
Appendix 2: Pseudo-Hecataeus
Appendix 3: Exodus Narratives in Cultural Context
Appendix 4: The Judeans and the Ass
Appendix 5: The Sources of the Apologetic Encomium (2.145-286)
Appendix 6: Judaism in Roman Dress?
Bibliography
Indices
Ancient Authors
Modern Authors
Greek Words