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| Title: Polemic and Apologetic Methods of Writing in Contra Apionem Secondary Title: Josephus' Contra Apionem. Studies in its character and context with a Latin concordance to the portion missing in Greek Pages: 143-186 Type: Book Section Year: 1996 Abstract: Begg, Christopher R. in: OTA 20.2 (1997), 304: "Josephus' Contra Apionem has both polemical (refutation of false charges, discreditng of their proponents) and apologetic (making a positive case for Judaism) purposes. The work likewise had a wide range of intended audiences, bothe Jewish and Gentile, with varying degrees of knowledge and attitudes towards Judaism. K.'s study reviews a large number of rhetorical techniques employed by the historian in carrying out his purposes with respect to his disparate target audiences. These include self-praise, representing himself as an educated man with an influential role in Roman society, developing an intimate relationship with readers, and invectives against his use of the first person plural and singular, citation of sources supportive of his claims, use of the language of legal debate, employment of rhetorical questions, (alleged) chronological precision, this contrasting with the lack of such precision by his opponents, and the heaping up of arguments/evidence". Keywords: Contra Apionem |