Language:
English
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Quarterly Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
78,3-4 (1988) 187-251
Keywords:
Josephus, Flavius.
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Antisemitism History To 500
;
Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
Discusses the apparent change in attitude towards the Jews, from pro-Jewish statements in the late 4th-early 3rd centuries BCE to the virulent anti-Judaism of writers such as Manetho. Even after this period, there were many converts to and sympathizers with Judaism. Argues that the Church did not preserve these anti-Jewish works (known only from Josephus' reply to them) because similar attacks were made against Christians - but perhaps also because they included undesirable, if unintentional, pro-Jewish implications. Analyzes "Against Apion" to show that many charges against Jewish traditions implied qualities viewed as positive by Greeks and Romans, such as the Jews' antiquity, their stubborn adherence to their laws, and their opposition to animal worship. States that literacy and knowledge of Jewish writings were more widespread than historians have admitted; thus, these implications would have been understood by the audience.
Note:
Appeared also in his "Studies in Hellenistic Judaism", 1996.
URL:
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