TY - JOUR
T1 - The Philistines in Josephus' writings
AU - Avioz, M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - One of the bitterest enemies of the Israelites that challenged them from the conquest
of Canaan till the early monarchy period was the Philistines. They are mentioned
mainly in the so-called «Deuteronomitic History» and some references to them are
scattered throughout the Pentateuch, the Latter Prophets, and the Book of Chronicles.
Josephus mentions the Philistines when he retells the biblical narratives from Joshua
to Kings in his Antiquities of the Jews. My aim in this paper is to explore the ways in
which Josephus constructs the Philistines' ethnic identity as «the others» in relation to
his people. I shall show how Josephus' defines the Philistines through their titles, their
military behavior, their unique practices and the overall relationship between them
and the Israelites. I shall also examine the question whether Josephus is projecting his
Greco-Roman present into his retelling of the Philistines' past.
AB - One of the bitterest enemies of the Israelites that challenged them from the conquest
of Canaan till the early monarchy period was the Philistines. They are mentioned
mainly in the so-called «Deuteronomitic History» and some references to them are
scattered throughout the Pentateuch, the Latter Prophets, and the Book of Chronicles.
Josephus mentions the Philistines when he retells the biblical narratives from Joshua
to Kings in his Antiquities of the Jews. My aim in this paper is to explore the ways in
which Josephus constructs the Philistines' ethnic identity as «the others» in relation to
his people. I shall show how Josephus' defines the Philistines through their titles, their
military behavior, their unique practices and the overall relationship between them
and the Israelites. I shall also examine the question whether Josephus is projecting his
Greco-Roman present into his retelling of the Philistines' past.
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U2 - 10.5169/seals-877701
DO - 10.5169/seals-877701
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-5701
VL - 71
SP - 144
EP - 155
JO - Theologische Zeitschrift
JF - Theologische Zeitschrift
IS - 2
ER -