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| Title: The last six Kings of Israel According to Josephus. Ant. 9,228-278 Secondary Title: EThL Volume: 72 Pages: 371-384 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: "The study examines Josephus' account of the last six rulers of Israel in comparison with its biblical source as represented by the major textual witnesses. It attends to the question of wihich text form(s) Josephus had available for his composition as well as how, why, and with what effect he dealt with the data of his source. Thus it treats (1) Zechariah and Shallum (Ant. 9:228/2 Kgs 15:8-13, 15); (2) Menahem (Ant. 9:229-233a/2Kgs 15:14, 16-22); (3) Pekahiah and Pekah (Ant. 9:233b-235/2Kgs 15:23-29,31); and (4) Hoshea (Ant. 9:258-260, 277-278/2 Kgs 15:30; 17:1-6; cf. 18:9-12). There is little in the way of definite indications as to what text form(s) of 2 Kings Josephus had available for his account. He presents a portrait of Israel's last six kings in which those figures and their period appear in an even more unfavorable light than they do in the Bible". - C. R. M. Keywords: Antiquities |