The Preservation of Prophecy in the Jewish Antiquities:

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" The Preservation of Prophecy in the Jewish Antiquities: "
Will Briggs

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075394
Doc. No	:	LA119023
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340461‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Will Briggs
Title & Author	:	The Preservation of Prophecy in the Jewish Antiquities: [Article] : Josephus’s Account of Elisha’s Prophecy during the Campaign against Moab\ Will Briggs
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	47/4-5
Page No	:	508–531
Abstract	:	This project builds on the observations of Begg and Feldman by examining how Josephus ensures prophetic accuracy in his account of 2 Kings 3 in Antiquities 9.3.29-44. It examines the questions of Josephus’s source material for this account and the significant issues in the biblical account Elisha’s prophecy of victory before tracing the steps that Josephus takes to ensure its accuracy in Antiquities for his audience. Josephus slightly alters his Hebrew source in order to allow for the campaign’s final retreat and strengthens the connection between 2 Kings 3 with 1 Kings 22:1-40 by adding the concepts of true and false prophecy and rendering Elisha’s address to Joram in 2 Kings 3:13 as sarcasm. These steps, designed to persuade his audience to believe his apologetic account of Jewish history, allow Josephus to preserve the connection between prophecy and history that he makes throughout Antiquities.
Descriptor	:	2 Kings 3
Descriptor	:	Antiquities
Descriptor	:	Elisha
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jehoshaphat
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Josephus
Descriptor	:	prophecy
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340461‬