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| Title: Josephus' Portrait of Rehoboam Secondary Title: The Studia Philonica Annual Volume: 9 Pages: 264-286 Type: Journal Article Year: 1997 Abstract: Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 42.2 (1998), 338: "After discussing the relative importance that Josephus (see Ant. 8:212-224, 246-265) attributed to Rehoboam, the article considers how Josephus portrayed his qualities as a leader (mildness, kindness, friendliness), how he used Rehoboam as a commentary on the civil strife in his own day, and how he sought to rehabilitate Rehoboam".
Hilhorst, A. in: JSJ 30.2 (1999), 246: "Rehoboam was a figure of major importance for Josephus... Josephus' account is intended to teach the reader how a ruler should and should not rule and, in particular, how he should deal with the masses, for whom he had considerable contempt. In particular, he stresses the importance of the qualities of mildness, kindness, and friendliness - qualities which the Romans assigned to Josephus' patrons, Vespasian and Titus, and which he himself extols in rulers, Jewish and non-Jewish, throughout his Antiquities. Josephus felt a need to stress these virtues because the Jews had been accused of misanthropy by a number of intellectuals". Keywords: Antiquities |