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| Title: The Execution of the Saulides according to Josephus Secondary Title: Sef. Volume: 56 Pages: 3-18 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: Sievers, Joseph in: JSJ 28.2 (1997), 241: "Begg finds new definite indications about the text-form[s] of 2 Sam 21:1-14 available to Josephus in composing Ant. 7.294-297 although he shows some noteworthy parallels with TJ. Josephus highly condenses the biblical episode to emphasize, by the exclusion of other elements of the story, God's directive and David's compliance".
Begg, Christopher T. in: OTA 20.1 (1997), 133: "B.'s essay examines Josephus' account of the execution of the Saulides in Ant. 7.294-297 in relation to its biblical source, 2 Sam 21:1-14 (as attested by MT, the Vaticanus and Lucianic/Antiochene MSS of the LXX and Targum Jonathan on the Former Prophets) as well as Rabbinic treatments of the episode. The study makes clear that, notwithstanding its brevity, the passage offers noteworthy examples of Josephus' "rewriting techniques", just as it exemplifies the care and purposefulness with which he developed his own version of Israel's history". Keywords: Antiquities |