Against Apion
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Against Apion is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that defends Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and slanders of Greco-Roman writers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Contra Apionem | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apologetic work
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literary work ⓘ polemical work ⓘ |
| addressesWork | Against the Jews (lost work by Apion) ⓘ |
| aim |
to demonstrate the antiquity of Jewish law
ⓘ
to present Judaism as a rational philosophy ⓘ to refute calumnies against Jews ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Against the Greeks
ⓘ
Against Apion ⓘ
surface form:
Contra Apionem
|
| author | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| authorCitizenship | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Apion of Alexandria
ⓘ
anti-Jewish writers in the Greco-Roman world ⓘ |
| defends |
Jewish antiquity
ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ Moses as lawgiver ⓘ the antiquity of the Jewish people ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetics
ⓘ
polemics ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Second Temple period ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Christian apologetics
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medieval Jewish apologetic literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | rhetorical treatise ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jewish history
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ criticism of anti-Jewish slanders ⓘ defense of the Jewish people ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Josephus’s apologetic writings ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Greek manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Antiquities of the Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Antiquities
|
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| setting | Greco-Roman intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| structure | two books ⓘ |
| timePeriodWritten | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| title | Against Apion self-link ⓘ |
| topic |
chronology of ancient nations
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defense of the Torah ⓘ relationship between Jews and Greeks ⓘ reliability of historical sources ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Chaldean historical traditions
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Egyptian historical traditions ⓘ Hellenistic historiography ⓘ Phoenician historical traditions ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Contra Apionem