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| Title: The assassination of Ishbosheth according to Josephus Secondary Title: Anton. Volume: 73 Pages: 241-253 Type: Journal Article Year: 1998 Abstract: Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 43.1 (1999), 116: "The article compares the accounts of Ishbosheth's assassination in 2 Sam 4:1-12 and Josephus' Antiquities 7: 46-52 under three headings: exposition, the assassination, and sequels. It concludes that Josephus' account evidences a noteworthy agreement in 2 Sam 4:6a with the Septuagint against the Masoretic text, an emphasis on the motivations of the assassins and the ironic contrast between their expectations as to how David would respond to their deed and his actual reaction, and a preoccupation with the contemporary problem of intra-Jewish violence".
Sievers, Joseph: in: JSJ 30.2 (1999), 210: "In Ant 7.46-52 Josephus reworks 2 Sam 4 in a way that at times agrees with LXX or with 4QSama, at times is closer to MT or to TJ. Josephus embellishes, compresses, rearranges, modifies, and stream-lines elements that appea4 to have been part of his sources[s]. Begg, following Feldman, argues that these rewriting techniques were intended for a Gentile as well as a Jewish audience. The emphasis on David's virtues and the heightened irony would have appealed to the former, while the explicit reference to David's disavowal of internecine warfare, would have been intended as a monism to the latter".
Begg, Christopher T. in: OTA 22.1 (1999), 131: "2 Samuel 4 relates the ignominious end of Ishbosheth, Israel's shadow king, and the summary execution of the perpetrators by David. B.'s article presents a detailed comparison of Josephus' version of the episode in Ant. 7.46-52 with its biblical source. The comparison devotes particular attention to such questions as the text(s) of 2 Samuel 4 used by Josephus, the rewriting techniques applied by him to the source data, the distinctive features of his presentation of Ishbosheth's end, and the messages his version might be intended to convey to his double audience, i.e. Gentiles and fellow Jews. Among the findings: Josephus' account evidences a noteworthy agreement with LXX 2 Samuel 4 against MT. The historian goes beyond the source in his attention to the motivations of the assassins and the ironic contrast between their expectations as to how David will respond to their deed and his actual reaction to it. Finally, in Josephus' re-telling, the story seems to reflect his preoccupation with the contemporary problem of intra-Jewish violence". Keywords: Antiquities |