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Uberlieferung und Rezeption des Sefer Yosippon

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English summary: Flavius Josephus was the most important Jewish historiographer in antiquity. In the first centuries his works were read only by Christians, but in the tenth century his most famous book, the Jewish War...
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English summary: Flavius Josephus was the most important Jewish historiographer in antiquity. In the first centuries his works were read only by Christians, but in the tenth century his most famous book, the Jewish War , was translated into Hebrew in Byzantine Southern Italy (Sefer Yosippon). Saskia Donitz analyzes the transmission and reception of this book, which became a bestseller among medieval Jews. Sefer Yosippon played a significant role in the development of medieval Jewish identity. Its martyr stories influenced the emergence of Jewish martyrology after the First Crusade. The reception of Josephus in Judaism reflects the Jewish-Christian rivalry in interpreting the history of the Second Temple in the Middle Ages.

German description: Flavius Josephus ist der bedeutendste judische Geschichtsschreiber der Antike. Seine Werke wurden jedoch zunachst hauptsachlich im Christentum rezipiert. Erst im 10. Jahrhundert wird in Auseinandersetzung mit der christlich-byzantinischen Umwelt sein beruhmtestes Buch, der Judische Krieg (Bellum Judaicum), in Suditalien ins Hebraische ubertragen (Sefer Yosippon). Saskia Donitz zeichnet die Uberlieferungs- und Rezeptionsgeschichte dieses Werkes nach, das im mittelalterlichen Judentum ein wahrer Bestseller war. Das Sefer Yosippon wurde fur die in der Diaspora lebenden Juden zu einem konstitutiven Element ihrer Identitat und pragte die Entstehung der judischen Martyrologie nach dem ersten Kreuzzug entscheidend mit. Die judische Wiederaneignung des Josephus reflektiert die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Juden und Christen um die Deutungshoheit der Geschichte des Zweiten Tempels.
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Price: £126.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism
Publication Date: 11 July 2013
ISBN: 9783161526633
Format: Hardcover
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Literature: history and criticism, Social groups: religious groups and communities

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