Bibliography
| Title: Die biblische Geschichte des Flavius Josephus Secondary Title: BiKi Volume: 53 Pages: 55-58 Type: Journal Article Year: 1998 Abstract: Hieke, Thomas in: OTA 21.3 (1998), 511: "M. gives an overview over the first eleven books of the Jewish Antiquities in which Josephus describes the history of the Jewish people from the Creation to the Persian king Artaxerxes. Josephus emphasizes the antiquity and dignity of the 22-book Jewish scripture. In spite of the interdiction about adding something to or removing anything from the Torah (Deut 4:2; 13:2), Josephus diverges in some cases from the written Torah (the Pentateuch). He does so with a view to his non-Jewish audience as well as to the diverging textual traditions used by him, as attested also by the Qumran recensions of the OT. It is very difficult to determine for any given passage of the Antiquities which exact sources Josephus is using. He treats his biblical and nonbiblical sources in very different ways: it is not a rewritten Bible, but an impressive view of Jewish history that Josephus wants to offer contemporary readers in the light of his priestly tradition".
Matthews, Christopher R. in: NTAb 43.1 (1999), 122: "Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 1-11 has been read for centuries by Christian theologians as authoritative for the Jewish understanding of the Bible during the NT period. After outlining the contents of these books the article discusses the value and use of their sources, the claim to neither add nor omit anything (Ant. 1:17), and the special authority of the Torah". Keywords: Antiquities |