Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Angaben zur Quelle:
28,2 (2018) 91-122
Keywords:
Philo,
;
Letter of Aristeas Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Maccabees, 3rd Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Jews History To 600
;
Jewish diaspora in post-biblical literature
;
Jerusalem (Israel) In post-biblical literature
Abstract:
How diasporans tell the story of their origin in the homeland and how they came to their new home abroad is just as important as the historical context(s) in which the diaspora community was created. This study draws attention to one common strategy employed by Egyptian Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman periods (in the Letter of Aristeas, the writings of Philo of Alexandria, and 3 Maccabees) when remembering and (re)creating accounts of their origins in the diaspora in ways that legitimized life abroad: the use of diaspora - homeland connections and comparisons.
DOI:
10.1177/0951820718823394
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