Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity

In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including the Letter of Aristeas, 2 Maccabees, Esther, Daniel, Judith, Tobit, Josephus''s account of Alexander''s visit to Jerusalem and of the Tobiads, Artapanus, and Joseph and Aseneth, she demonstrates that t...