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| Title: Solomon's two dreams according to Josephus Secondary Title: Anton. Volume: 71 Pages: 687-704 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: Sievers, Joseph in: JSJ 29.2 (1998), 205: "In his rewriting of Solomon's two dreams [1 Kgs. 3:4-15//2 Chron. 1:2-13; 1 Kgs. 9:1-9//2 Chron. 7:11-22; Ant. 8.21-25, 125b-129] Josephus does not follow any one known text, but uses elements of different versions of both Kings and Chronicles. "The distinctiveness of Josephus' version of Solomon's two dreams lies especially in the accentuation of the king's stature... And the consistent concern to more closely integrate the narratives' content with what one reads elsewhere in his history". "Josephus' utilization of the Solomonic dream episodes reflects both his personal interest in dream interpretation and the importance attached to dreams by both his Jewish and Greco-Roman publics... The divine message... With its emphasis on the correlation between one's behavior and one's fate could well serve to reinforce the moral of Josephus' entire history. [cf. Ant. 1.14]".
Begg, Christopher T. in: OTA 20.2 (1997), 301: "The biblical accounts concerning Solomon feature two dreams received b< him, the first related in 1 Kgs 3:4-15 // 2 Chr 1:1-13, the second in 1 Kgs 9:1-9 // 2 Chr 7:11-12. B.'s article studies Josephus' retelling of these two dream episodes in Ant. 8.21-25 and 8.125b-129, respectively. Questions addressed include Josephus' way of dealing with his two distinct sources, the text-form(s) of those sources available to him, the modifications of source data made by him and the resultant distinctiveness of Josephus' two dream stories. Josephus' version of the stories is seen to reflect his own interest in dreams and their interpretation".
Harrington, Daniel J.: "A comparative analysis of how Solomon's two dreams in 1 Kgs 3:4-15/2 Chron 1:2-13 and in 1 Kgs 9:1-9/2 Chron 7:11-22 are treated in Josephus Antiquities 8:22-25 and 8:125b-129, respectively, suggests that the distinctiveness of Josephus' version lies especially in its accentuation of the king's stature (also vis-à-vis that of David) and the consistent concern to integrate more closely the narratives' content with the one reads elsewhere in his history. It also reflects his personal interest in dreams and dream interpretation". Keywords: Antiquities |