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| Title: Solomon's two "Satans" according to Josephus Secondary Title: BN Volume: 85 Pages: 44-55 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: Matthews, Christopher R. in: NTAb 42.1 (1998), 118: "In 1 Kgs 11:14-25 both Hadad the Edomite and Rezon the son of Eliada are called "satans" of Solomon. The article investigates Josephus' portrayal of these two "satanic" personages in Antiquities 8:199-204 in comparison with its biblical source. It would appear that Josephus had access to texts comparable to those of both the MT and the LXX in composing his version. Josephus' writing techniques (omissions, additions, modifications) serve to generate a story that is streamlined, smoother-reading, and more internally consistent and plausible in comparison with its Vorlage".
Ruiten, J.T.A.G.M. van in: JSJ 29.2 (1998), 209: "Detailed reading concerned there are points of contact between Josephus' version and both MT and LXX which diverge rather markedly in 1 Kings 11:14-25- The comparison of pf the two accounts suggests that Josephus did read the biblical story attentively and deliberately set out to "improve" upon it by way of rewriting. B. points to compression in his handling of the material f 11:15-10 in 8.200-201- Josephus version of 1 Kings 11:14-25 also features a range of additions to/expansions of source data, however. He also modified source data in a varity of respects in other places. The changes serve to generate a story that is streamlined, smoother-reading, as well as more internally self-consistent and plausible in comparison with its Vorlage. Questions left unresolved by the source presentation are resolved. Finally, also the sensibilities of Gentile readers concerning Joab's apparent massacre even of the Edomite male children are taken into account in Josephus' reformulation of the item".
Hoppe, Leslie J. in: OTA 20.3 (1997), 510: "B. provides a detailed reading of Ant. 8.199-204 in relation to 1 Kgs 11:14-25, a passage that identifies both Hadad the Edomite and Rezon son of Eliada as a "satan" of Solomon. Josephus' version of the story differs from the versions in the MT, the Codex Vaticanus and Lucianic MSS of the LXX. Josephus both compresses, expands and modifies the story as found in these witnesses. The result is a smoother and more internally consistent narrative that gibes a contemporary cast to the old story". Keywords: Antiquities |