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| Title: Les Sadducéens vus par Flavius Josèphe Secondary Title: RB Volume: 97 Pages: 161-206 Type: Journal Article Year: 1990 Abstract: "Après avoir présenté le cadre formel du discours de Flavius Josèphe sur les Sadducéens et avoir analysé les différents textes sur les Sadducéens, M. compare ces notices avec les informations que Josèphe nous donne sur les Pharisiens et elle étudie en détail le récit du banquet d'Hyrcan avec la rupture supposée entre Hyrcan et les Pharisiens".
"Les renseignements sur les Sadducéens viennent par des comparaisons ou des déductions concernant les Pharisiens, car Josèphe parle peu des Sadducéens, les considérant comme suffisamment connus. Il faut lire à travers la terminologie et les notices de Josèphe pour avoir une idée de leur fonciton, de leur lien avec le Temple, et de leur histoire politique".
"Taking as its starting point Josephus' comment in Life 10 about the three great Jewish philosophies (Pharisaism, Sadduceeism, Essenism), the article considers the order in which they are named and the terms used in describing them. Next it analyzes and compares Josephus' descriptions of the Sadducees (War 2:164-166; Ant. 13:171-173, 288-298, 18:16-17) and discusses what he said about the Sadducees in the same contexts. Then it focuses on the banquet story associated with Hyrcanus (Ant. 13:288-298) and compares it with the baraita in b. Qiddusin 66a". - D.J.H.
"What is understood by Josephus when he speaks about the Sadducees? He consider them well known and therefore does not deal with them at length. A thorough analysis of the texts shows that he prefers to insist upon the Pharisees; thus what one can learn about the Sadducees is due mainly to comparison. Josephus' apologetical bias involves the omission of many essential points of their history: Were they priest? How were they related to the Temple? What was their political history? A critical study of Josephus' terminology and data provides new insights into these questions". Keywords: Groups and Religious Movements in Palestinian Judaism |