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" Reading Aid: "
Francis Borchardt

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075372
Doc. No	:	LA119001
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340438‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Francis Borchardt
Title & Author	:	Reading Aid: [Article] : 2 Maccabees and the History of Jason of Cyrene Reconsidered\ Francis Borchardt
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	47/1
Page No	:	71–87
Abstract	:	This article investigates the prefatory material in 2 Maccabees (2:19-32; 15:38-39) in order to reveal the motivation and attitude of the epitomator of 2 Maccabees toward the text he is adapting. The article argues that the concept of auxiliary texts, recognized in Graeco-Roman and Hellenistic texts by classicist Markus Dubischar, is the lens through which to properly understand the preface and therefore the scribe’s motivation for textual adaptation. The article further employs these conclusions to question whether other texts from the Judean milieu might also be best understood in this category. This article investigates the prefatory material in 2 Maccabees (2:19-32; 15:38-39) in order to reveal the motivation and attitude of the epitomator of 2 Maccabees toward the text he is adapting. The article argues that the concept of auxiliary texts, recognized in Graeco-Roman and Hellenistic texts by classicist Markus Dubischar, is the lens through which to properly understand the preface and therefore the scribe’s motivation for textual adaptation. The article further employs these conclusions to question whether other texts from the Judean milieu might also be best understood in this category.
Descriptor	:	2 Maccabees
Descriptor	:	preface
Descriptor	:	scribal practice
Descriptor	:	text criticism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340438‬