Against Apion
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS VOLUME 10 AGAINST APION FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS translation and commentary EDITED BY STEVE MASON VOLUME 10 AGAINST APION TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY JOHN M.G. BARCLAY BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON 2007 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Detailed Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data are available on the Internet at http://catalog.loc.gov ISBN 10: 90 04 11791 1 ISBN 13: 978 90 04 11791 4 © Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS introduction v For Joel Marcus an outstanding Mensch, scholar, and friend vi introduction introduction vii CONTENTS Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project. ix Abbreviations and Sigla . xiii Acknowledgements . xv Introduction. xvii Josephus, Against Apion Book 1 . 3 Book 2 . 167 Appendix 1: Manetho . 335 Appendix 2: Pseudo-Hecataeus . 338 Appendix 3: Exodus Narratives in Cultural Context . 341 Appendix 4: The Judeans and the Ass . 350 Appendix 5: The Sources of the Apologetic Encomium (2.145-286) .
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