Pseudo-Hecataeus II
As a pseudo-Hecataeus II (also pseudo-Hecataeus II ), a supposedly of Hecataeus of Abdera referred originating short text passage that Flavius Josephus , in his work over the originality of Judaism quotes (Book 2, 43). He refers to the supposedly non-Jewish text in order to present it as a “ witness ” for the age and virtue of Judaism .
Character of the text
Folker Siegert , Professor of Judaic Studies and New Testament at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , revised all available sources for Flavius Josephus' work On the Originality of Judaism in 2008 . The present text passage from Pseudo-Hekataios II is a forgery, the claims of which contradict other historical sources. Due to the short length of the text, it remains unclear whether the text goes back to Pseudo-Hecataeus I as the source. The linguistic style excludes the authorship of Hecataeus of Abdera and Flavius Josephus.
Pseudo-Hecataeus II can be classified as a misrepresentation of history . It is also possible that this passage comes from a completely different source and that the name Hecataeus would be a scribal error in this case.
text
“ 43 For he ( Alexander the Great ) valued our people; as Hecataeus also says of us that because of the good disposition and reliability that the Judeans showed him, he gave Samaria to them, tax-free. "
literature
- Folker Siegert: Flavius Josephus: About the originality of Judaism (Contra Apionem) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-54206-4 .
- Vol. 1: First collation of the entire tradition (Greek, Latin, Armenian), literary-critical analysis and German translation (writings of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum 6.1) .
- Vol. 2: Additions, notes, Greek text (writings of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum 6.2) .