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| Title: Josephus' Portrait of Aaron Secondary Title: Classical Studies in Honor of David Sohlberg Pages: 167-192 Type: Book Section Year: 1996 Abstract: Begg, Christopher T. in: OTA 20.1 (1997), 134: "The biblical depiction of Aaron placed before Josephus several problems, e.g., the question of his status vis-à-vis his younger brother Moses and his involvement in the egregious sin of the making of the Golden Calf. In response to these problems, Josephus, on the one hand, accentuates Aaron's virtues, while also eliminating source episodes that reflects badly on him (the Golden Calf incident, Miriam and Aaron's challenge to Moses about his Ethiopian wife, Num 12:1). On the other hand, Josephus throughout plays down the role of Aaron so as to make clear the preeminence of Moses. Thus, e.g., whereas Aaron is mentioned by name 101 times in the Book of Exodus, Josephus reduces this to a mere 8 mentions in the corresponding segment of his Antiquities". Keywords: Antiquities |