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| Title: Remarks on Josephus Flavius and the Destruction of the Second Temple Pages: 141-157 Type: Generic Year: 1996 Abstract: "The question of whether Hazal were familiar with the writings of Josephus Flavius and whether they made use of them is central to research on the Second Temple period in general and the war of destruction in particular. A clear answer to this question would establish the validity of Hazal literature as an independent source of information with regard to historical issues relating to the Second Temple period. The present paper treats a number of cases where scholars noted a convergence in the descriptions of the destruction as presented in Hazal literature and by Josephus. Two additional cases of similarity both from the Babylonian Talmud, are also suggested; one shows an interesting parallel in both sources in the description of the hunger in beleagured Jerusalem, the second case reveals a common element in a detailed account of the Roman auxiliary troops." Keywords: Rabbinic Judaism |