Josephus on the servile origins of the Jews in Egypt

• Main Author: Friedman, David A
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Oxford 2017
• Subjects: Ancient; ancient ethnography; Ancient historiography; Ancient Judaism; Antike Judentum (Weber; Exodus; Flavius; Historiography; History; Jewish Origins; Josephus; Max; Natural slavery

The Exodus story of the Israelites' slavery in Egypt and subsequent redemption was central to Jewish accounts of their national origins and was an important component of Jewish self-identification in antiquity. Although Greek and Latin sources appear ignorant of the Exodus story, ancient ethnog...