TY - BOOK ID - 142716329 TI - Moses among the Greek Lawgivers PY - 2023 SN - 9789004681347 9789004681934 9004681345 9004681930 PB - Leiden ;Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Jewish law KW - Judaism KW - Law, Greek KW - History KW - Apologetic works KW - History and criticism KW - Josephus, Flavius KW - Plutarchus KW - Bible KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish KW - Josephus, Flavius. - Antiquitates Judaicae KW - Plutarch. - Lives KW - Jewish law. KW - History. KW - Josephus, Flavius. KW - Plutarch. KW - Bible. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142716329 AB - "Josephus' Antiquities introduces Moses as the Jewish lawgiver, adapting the biblical account for a new audience. But who was that audience, and what did they understand by the term lawgiver ? This book uses Plutarch's Lives as an proxy for an imagined audience, providing a historically grounded but flexible model of a lawgiver, against which some of the otherwise invisible forces shaping Josephus' choices are thrown into sharp relief. This method reveals patterns of appeal and challenge in Josephus' intriguing and lively account of Moses' legislative activities"-- ER -