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| Title: Eine offene Frage zur Auslegung des Bellum-Proömiums Secondary Title: Josephus-Studien. Untersuchungen zu Josephus, dem antiken Judentum and dem Neuen Testament Pages: 254-259 Type: Book Section Year: 1974 Abstract: "254-255: Sets context in proem.
255: Raises the question of what the passage is doing in the proem, and its relationship to the earlier part, with translation.
256-257: Raises and rejects Hölscher's proposal (PWRE 1916, col. 1948) that the 'learned Greeks' of 1.13 is a false plural for Nicolaus, not because false plurals are unlikely (they are common enough in Josephus), but because the description here does not fit Nicolaus at all 258-59: raises and rejects Thackeray's theory (JMH 100-105) that these are Josephus' own assistants, otherwise unmentioned in the BJ. Josephus mentions them only to criticize them for their carelessness about historical factuality. These slaves (likely) had also caused problems for him with legal accusations, as V 429 shows.
258: But Lindner: the episode in V 429 has to do with the reign of Domitian, whereas Josephus is speaking of something here that is connected with the appearance of his War. 258-59: Lindner does not claim to have a decisive answer as to who these guys were, but takes it for given that they brought Josephus to court on some charges over his BJ. He reacted sharply because it was an urgent issue connected with the appearance of his book -- not some merely academic or literary question". |