Samuel's Farewell Discourse according to Josephus

Full title
Samuel's Farewell Discourse according to Josephus
Research notes

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Reference type
Journal Article
Author(s)
Begg, Christopher T.
Year
1997
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
Volume
11
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
1
Pages
56-77
Related keywords
Jewish Antiquities / Antiquitates judaicae
Samuel (Biblical Figure)
Biblical Text
Label
21/12/1997
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09018329708585106
DOI
Abstract

This essay provides a detailed comparison of Josephus' version, in Ant. 6.86-94, of Samuel's Farewell Discourse with its biblical source, i.e. 1 Samuel 12 (as represented by MT, LXX, and Targum Jonathan). Specific questions addressed by the investigation include: the text-form(s) of 1 Samuel 12 used by Josephus, the rewriting techniques applied by him to the data of the source, the distinctive features of Josephus' version of the discourse as compared with that of the Vorlage, and the particular messages the Josephan rendering might have been intended to convey to Ant's double audience, i.e. cultivated Gentiles and fellow Jews.