Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity The Historiography, Exemplarity, and Anti-Judaism of Pseudo-Hegesippus
Book contents
- Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity
- Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 On the Destruction of Jerusalem
- 2 Hebrew versus Jew
- 3 Abraham, Ethnography, Exemplarity, and Oratory at De Excidio 5.41.2 and 5.53.1
- 4 Exemplarity and National Decline at De Excidio 5.2.1
- 5 Jewish and Christian Martyrdom at De Excidio 3.2 and 5.22
- 6 King David as Christian-Classical Exemplum in Pseudo-Hegesippus
- 7 Elisha, Disaster, and Extended Exemplarity in De Excidio
- 8 A Classical World of Biblical Exempla
- 9 A Christian World of Hebrew Exempla
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Old Testament Exempla in De Excidio, A–Z
- Appendix 2: Pseudo-Hegesippus’ Sources
- Bibliography
- Source Index
- General Index
4 - Exemplarity and National Decline at De Excidio 5.2.1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2022
Book contents
- Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity
- Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 On the Destruction of Jerusalem
- 2 Hebrew versus Jew
- 3 Abraham, Ethnography, Exemplarity, and Oratory at De Excidio 5.41.2 and 5.53.1
- 4 Exemplarity and National Decline at De Excidio 5.2.1
- 5 Jewish and Christian Martyrdom at De Excidio 3.2 and 5.22
- 6 King David as Christian-Classical Exemplum in Pseudo-Hegesippus
- 7 Elisha, Disaster, and Extended Exemplarity in De Excidio
- 8 A Classical World of Biblical Exempla
- 9 A Christian World of Hebrew Exempla
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Old Testament Exempla in De Excidio, A–Z
- Appendix 2: Pseudo-Hegesippus’ Sources
- Bibliography
- Source Index
- General Index
Summary
Chapter 4 shows how Pseudo-Hegesippus participates in the common ancient Mediterranean historiographical discourse of national decline. In De Excidio 5.2, the author juxtaposes five biblical figures (Moses, Aaron, David, Joshua, Elisha) of the Hebrew past to the first-century Jews of his narrative in a way that exposes the relative lack of virtue, faith, and strength among the “latter-day Jews.”
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- Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late AntiquityThe Historiography, Exemplarity, and Anti-Judaism of Pseudo-Hegesippus, pp. 127 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022