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| Title: Samuel's anointing of David in Josephus and Pseudo-Philo Secondary Title: RSLR Volume: 32 Pages: 491-529 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: Matthews, Christopher R. in: NTAb 42.1 (1998) 118: "This study first examines, separately, the versions of the anointing of David in Josephus' Antiquities 6:157-166a and ps.-Philo's biblical antiquities 59 in relation to the biblical source in 1 Sam 16:1-13. Then it compares Josephus' and ps.-Philo's anointing stories. The individual analyses focus on the text form(s) available to the two authors; how, why, and with what effect they modified the source's data; and whether their versions show affinities with or divergences from rabbinic traditions concerning the anointing of David. In general it can be said that both authors take a good deal of liberty with the details of the biblical story through additions, omissions/abridgements, and rearrangements and substitutions of content and(or wording".
Sievers, Joseph in: JSJ 28.4 (1997), 476: "Compares 1 Sam. 16,1-13 first with Ant. 6.157-166a, then with LAB 59. Concludes with a comparison between the two extra-biblical accounts: "Overall then, it may be said that Josephus' anointing story stands much closer to its Biblical prototype than does that of Pseudo Philo" [527]. While Ant. and LAB show some extrabiblical parallels, their divergences, causes in part by the different intended primary audiences [Jews for Pseudo-Philo, Gentiles for Josephus] are even greater. Therefore Begg argues against any literary relationship between the two works". Keywords: Antiquities |