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| Title: Josephus as an Historical Source in Patristic Literature through Eusebius Secondary Title: Brown Judaic Studies (BJSt) 128 Pages: XI, 137 Type: Book Year: 1989 Abstract: "This volume first documents the evolution of the use of Josephus' writings as historical sources by Christian authors from the earliest church to the mid-4th century A.D.: Theophilus Antiochenus, Melito of Sardis, Minucius Felix, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandra, Julius Africanus, ps.-Justin, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Origen, Methodius, Lactantius, and Eusebius Pamphili. Then it discusses Josephus as a source, in the literature of the Christian West and East, and in Eusebius' works".
"Josephus occupies a place in Christian literature second only to the Bible itself in importance. For the Church, the Jewish historian has been the extra-biblical historical authority for the biblical and intertestamental periods as well as the history spanning the life of Jesus and the early Christian community. Further, Against Apion has served as a model for Christian apologetics. That Josephus came to be a dominant literary figure in Christian literature cannot be disputed and has been long recognized; however, the development of this phenomenon has been neglected. This study documents the evolution of the use of Josephus as a source by Christian authors from the period of the earliest Church to the time of Eusebius, bishop of Caesaria (d.c. 340 C.E.). This dissertation sorts out the possible witnesses to determine who made use of Josephan material and which witnesses did not. Differences between the literature of the Christian East and West are considered. The Josephan contribution to the portrait of Moses in Christian apologetic literature is analyzed along with the adoption of Against Apion as a model for Christian apologetics. The evolution of the Josephan role in Christian exegesis is traced as is the theme of the destruction of Jerusalem". Keywords: Reception of Josephus: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Early Modern Period Flavius Josephus, Influence. Christian Literature, Early History and Criticism. Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. Jews, History to 70 A.D., Historiography. |