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Informationen zum Autor Sara Raup Johnson is Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Connecticut. Klappentext "An engaging book with a fresh approach, which makes important contributions to several different scholarly conversations. Johnson's fluid notion of genre commends her work. She also presents a very strong reading of 3 Maccabees. With recent interest in the ancient novel, greater availability of the texts, and renewed interest in ways of shaping Jewish identity during this period, this exceptionally well-written book will have broad appeal."—Carl Holladay, author of A Critical Introduction to the New Testament: Interpreting the Message and Meaning of Jesus Christ " Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity contributes a systematic and coordinated study of the use and misuse of historical tradition in quasi-fictional Hellenistic Jewish text. It treats this material in an original, highly critical, and extremely stimulating manner."—Louis Feldman, author of Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible Zusammenfassung Johnson argues that each author uses historical fiction to construct a particular model of Hellenistic Jewish identity through the reinvention of the past. The models of identity differ, but all seek to explore relations between Jews and the wider non-Jewish world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Historical and Historiographical Contexts 1. Political Subordination and Indirect Historiography 2. Greeks! Romans! and Barbarians: The Cultural Politics of Hellenism Part II. Text and Narrative 3. Genos Politeion : Book 6! Rome! and Hellenism 4. Akme Politeion : Roman and Achaen Virtues 5. Metabole Politeion : Roman and Achaen Degeneration in the Fragmentary Books Part III. Ideological and Political Contexts 6. Collective Representations and Ideological Contexts 7. Practical Contexts and Political Realities Conclusion Bibliography Index ...
