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| Title: The massacre of the priests of Nob in Josephus and Pseudo-Philo Secondary Title: EstB Volume: 55 Pages: 171-198 Type: Journal Article Year: 1997 Abstract: Matthews, Christopher R. in: NTAb 42.1 (1998), 118: "After comments on the immediate context, text, story line, and literary and ideological features of the story of the massacre of the priests of Nob recounted in 1 Samuel 21-22, the article reviews the same elements in Pseudo-Philo's (Biblical Antiquities 63) and Josephus' (Antiquities 6:242-270) renditions of this narrative. Then it summarizes the similarities and differences between the two retellings of the biblical account. Both authors reflect the use of a text more like the LXX (B in particular) than the MT. In general, Josephus gives a more "faithful" rendition of the context of 1 Samuel 21-22 than does Pseudo-Philo. Pseudo Philo's version has a much more markedly "theocentric" character than does Josephus' account".
Sievers, Joseph in: JSJ 29.2 (1998), 214: "While there are several interesting minor agreements between Ant. 6.242-270 and LAB 63 as against any known text of 1 Sam. 21-22, the two almost contemporary works present very different versions of the story. LAB, which seems to be addressed to Jewish reader familiar with the biblical narrative, deals very freely with its source. Josephus, instead, follows the outline of the biblical text rather closely, commenting and modifying it for use by a more heterogeneous audience".
Avalos, Hector in: OTA 21.1 (1998), 126: "The tow (approximately) contemporaneous authors, Josephus and Pseudo-Philo, both retell the biblical story of the massacre of the priests of Nob (1 Samuel 21-22). B.'s paper begins with some observations on the biblical text itself. It then studies the context, biblical text, storyline, and the literary and ideological features found in the retellings of the episode by Pseudo-Philo and Josephus. The paper then attempts to account for the marked differences between Pseudo-Philo and Josephus in terms of the overall charter and intended audiences of their works". Keywords: Antiquities |