Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XI
3. Preface XIII
4. Part I: General Considerations
5. 1. Josephus's Historiographical Predecessors 3
6. 2. Josephus as Rewriter of the Bible 14
7. 3. The Qualities of Biblical Heroes 74
8. 4. Josephus as Apologist to Non-Jews and to Jews 132
9. 5. Stylistic and Other Changes 163
10. Part II: Josephus's Biblical Portraits
11. 6. Abraham 223
12. 7. Isaac 290
13. 8. Jacob 304
14. 9. Joseph 335
15. 10. Moses 374
16. 11. Joshua 443
17. 12. Samson 461
18. 13. Samuel 490
19. 14. Saul 509
20. 15. David 537
21. 16. Solomon 570
22. 17. Daniel 629
23. Conclusion 659
24. Abbreviations 671
25. Bibliography 675
26. Passages from Ancient Writers
27. a. Jewish Scriptures 703
28. b. Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Dead Sea Scrolls 721
29. c. New Testament 725
30. d. Josephus 727
31. e. Philo and Pseudo-Philo, Biblical Antiquities 753
32. f. Other Graeco-Jewish Writers 759
33. g. Rabbinic Literature, Medieval Jewish Works, Samaritan Literature 761
34. h. Christian Church Father 771
35. i. Inscriptions and Papyr 773
36. j. Classical Greek Authors 775
37. k. Classical Latin Authors 789
38. General Index 793
39. Greek, Latin, and Hebrew and Aramaic Words 811
40. Modern Scholars 831