The "Maria Story" in Greek, Latin, & Hebrew: The Teknophagia Episode (BJ 6.201-13) in Josephus, Latin Josephus, Rufinus, Pseudo-Hegesippus, and Sefer Yosippon with Introduction, Texts, Translations, Notes, & Commentary

This article provides the first close comparative analysis of the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew versions of the "Maria Story" or teknophagia, the account of the mother who ate her child within a besieged Jerusalem first recorded in Flavius Josephus' Jewish War 6.201-203. Josephus' ori...

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Published: Universität Bern, Institut für Judaistik 2022
In: Judaica: neue digitale Folge
Year: 2022, Volume: 3, Pages: 1-105
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