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| Title: Saul's royal start according to Josephus Secondary Title: SEJG Volume: 37 Pages: 5-32 Type: Journal Article Year: 1997 Abstract: in: AnPh 68 (1997), 231: "Antiqutitates Judaicae 6, 68-85 is a rewriting of 1 Samuel 11. Its brevity notwithstanding, it provides a noteworthy example of the deliberateness and care with which Josephus went about retelling a given biblical story in light of the particular messages he wished to convey to his two distinct readerships. With regard to the (Roman) Gentiles, he wants to counteract anti-Semitic prejudices circulating among Gentile readers, concerning the absence of distinguished soldiers in Jewish history. To potential Jewish readers, he intended to convey a message of intra Jewish-harmony". |