عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA119054
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Stelae, Elephants, and Irony:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
The Battle of Raphia and Its Import as Historical Context for 3 Maccabees
First Statement of Responsibility
Patrick J. O'Kernick
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The opening verses of 3 Maccabees set the story in the aftermath of the Battle of Raphia (217 bce); the significance of this historical setting has been overlooked. The Battle of Raphia is intimately related to the narrative at large in at least three ways. First, 3 Maccabees advocates for a counter-tradition to a stele tradition that arises out of Ptolemy's victory at Raphia. Second, the story reworks the famous incident of Ptolemy's elephant retreat at Raphia into a tale of praise for the God of the Jews. And finally, the book is invested with the irony already present in the historical realities of Ptolemy's short-lived victory. The opening verses of 3 Maccabees set the story in the aftermath of the Battle of Raphia (217 bce); the significance of this historical setting has been overlooked. The Battle of Raphia is intimately related to the narrative at large in at least three ways. First, 3 Maccabees advocates for a counter-tradition to a stele tradition that arises out of Ptolemy's victory at Raphia. Second, the story reworks the famous incident of Ptolemy's elephant retreat at Raphia into a tale of praise for the God of the Jews. And finally, the book is invested with the irony already present in the historical realities of Ptolemy's short-lived victory.
SET
Date of Publication
2018
Physical description
49-67
Title
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume Number
49/1
International Standard Serial Number
1570-0631
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
3 Maccabees
Subject Term
historical fiction
Subject Term
Ptolemy iv Philopator
Subject Term
Raphia Decree
Subject Term
war elephants
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Patrick J. O'Kernick
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/15700631-12481190
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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