Greek genres and Jewish authors : negotiating literary culture in the Greco-Roman era

Greek genres and Jewish authors : negotiating literary culture in the Greco-Roman era / Sean A. Adams.

"Examines how Second Temple Jewish writings appropriated and adapted Hellenistic generic conventions"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Sean A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Greek literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Greek literature, Hellenistic > History and criticism.
Literary form > History > To 1500.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Definitions and focus of the study
  • Genre perspectives adopted in this study
  • Project overview and contributions
  • 2. Jewish epic poetry
  • The poets and Their texts
  • Philo Epicus
  • Theodotus
  • Sosates
  • Reevaluation of genre participation: epic or epyllion?
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Other Jewish-Greek poets
  • Ezekiel the Tragedian
  • Excursus: Nicolaus of Damascus
  • Pseudo-Orpheus
  • Sibylline Oracles
  • Fragments of Pseudo-Greek poets
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Didactic literature
  • Aristobulus
  • Pseudo-Phocylides
  • Gospel of Thomas
  • Philo of Alexandria
  • Philo's genre consciousness
  • Allegorical commentary
  • Philo's Quaestiones et solutiones
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Jewish philosophical treatises
  • Letter of Aristeas
  • 4 Maccabees
  • Philo of Alexandria, De Vita Contemplativa
  • Josephus, Against Apion
  • Pseudo-Clementine homilies 4.7
  • 6.25
  • "Literary" letters
  • New Testament letters
  • Jewish expanded letters (Baruch, Epistle of Jeremiah, 1 Enoch, 2 Baruch)
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Jewish novelists
  • Joseph and Aseneth
  • Joseph and Aseneth as rewritten scripture?
  • Conclusion
  • Artapanus
  • 3 Maccabees
  • Septuagintal additions: Susanna, Bel and the Dragon
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Jewish historians
  • Eupolemus
  • Pseudo-Eupolemus
  • Pseudo-Hecataeus
  • Demetrius the chronographer
  • 2 Maccabees and Jason of Cyrene
  • Josephus
  • Josephus' genre consciousness
  • Jewish war
  • Excursus: Justus (or Justin) of Tiberias
  • Antiquities of the Jews
  • Vita
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Jewish biographers
  • Gospel of Mark
  • Gospel of Matthew
  • Luke-Acts
  • Gospel of John
  • Gospel conclusion
  • Excursus: lives of the prophets
  • Philo of Alexandria and ancient biographies
  • On the life of Moses
  • On Abraham
  • On Joseph
  • Moses, Abraham, and Joseph in The exposition of the law
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Concluding observations
  • Findings
  • Greek influence
  • Selective adoption
  • The temporal element
  • Adapting Greek genres
  • The appropriation of Greek literature
  • Jewish contribution to Greek genres
  • The geographic element
  • Jewish authors and Jewish topics
  • Access to texts and sources used
  • Education systems
  • Going forward.

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