The present volume, consisting of 35 studies of various portions of Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, is an attempt to examine the oldest systematic commentary on the historical books of the Bible that has come down to us. It considers how Josephus resolves apparent contradictions, obscurities, and theological and other questions, as well as the historicity of biblical events, which have puzzled classical commentators on the Bible. It attempts to explain cases, notably Ahab, Hezekiah, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, where Josephus seems to change the biblical text radically.
- ISBN10 1589831950
- ISBN13 9781589831957
- Publish Date 1 November 2005 (first published 24 June 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Society of Biblical Literature
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 688
- Language English