Against Apion

Author(s)

• Josephus, Flavius
• Barclay, John M. G.

Bibliographic Information

Against Apion

translation and commentary by John M.G. Barclay

（Flavius Josephus, translation and commentary / Flavius Josephus ; edited by Steve Mason, v. 10）

Brill, 2007

Other Title

Contra Apionem

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-389) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first English commentary on Josephus' Against Apion, his apologetic treatise which rebuts Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people. Accompanied by a new translation, the commentary provides full analysis of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of the treatise, and analyses its engagement with the cultural politics of the ancient world. Against Apion is also available in paperback (ISBN 978-90-04-24631-7).

Table of Contents

Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project Abbreviations and Sigla Acknowledgements Josephus, Against Apion Book 1 Book 2 Appendix 1: Manetho Appendix 2: Pseudo-Hecataeus Appendix 3: Exodus Narratives in Cultural Context Appendix 4: The Judeans and the Ass Appendix 5: The Sources of the Apologetic Encomium (2.145-286) Appendix 6: Judaism in Roman Dress? Bibliography Indices Ancient Authors Modern Authors Greek Words

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA80284784
• ISBN:
  • 9789004117914
• LCCN: 2006051766
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: grc
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: lxxi, 430 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM648
  • DC22 : 296.3/5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Judaism -- Apologetic works
  • LCSH : Josephus, Flavius. Contra Apionem
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA49901895