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Using the Hebrew Book of Josippon as a prism, this study analyzes the dialogue surrounding Jewish history among Renaissance humanists. Notwithstanding its focus on the Renaissance, the author’s analysis extends to the consumption of Josippon in the High Middle Ages and into interpretations by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century humanists. With a focus on both Christian and Jewish discourse, the author examines the mythical and historical narratives that developed from Josippon.
Nadia Zeldes is senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Chapter 1: Josippon: A Source of General History and Role Models for Medieval JewsChapter 2: The Christian Reception of Sefer Josippon in the Middle AgesChapter 3: Josippon as a Source for Founding Myths: A Jewish Version of Renaissance ForgeriesChapter 4: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Christian Hebraists and Religious PolemicChapter 5: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Jewish Historiography and Religious PolemicChapter 6: Fifteenth-Century Vernacular Translations of the Book of JosipponChapter 7: Demolishing the Myth: The Book of Josippon under Humanistic Scrutiny
Zeldes has produced an absorbing monograph that provides an excellent introduction to Sefer Josippon and its reception history. It will certainly make for a great companion to an English critical edition of Sefer Josippon which scholarship sorely lacks.
