-
compiler did so.
Arguments against the
epitomist being the one who
prepended the
letters include that the
epitomist's preface appears to be
written as if...
- of 15 chapters. 1:1–2:18: Two
letters to the Jews of Egypt. 2:19–32:
Epitomist's preface.
Chapter 3:
Heliodorus attempts to tax the
Temple of Jerusalem's...
-
attempt to
condense into a
single book. — 2
Maccabees 2:19–23 (NRSV) The
epitomist goes on to
imply that Jason's
original work "discuss
matters from every...
-
Flaccus is
preserved through the
summary of ****tus
Pompeius Festus and his
epitomist Paul the Deacon. The
colour relating to the
sovereign function is white...
-
Jewish War, a
Latin version of Antiquities, as well as
other works. The
epitomist also adds in his own
snippets of
history at times. Jews
generally distrusted...
- the
other hand, appears, so far as we can
judge from the
words of his
Epitomist, to
represent the
death of
Hiempsal as the
result of open hostilities...
- Achilles'
mourning for his
friend Patroclus: see Vout, 52–135. Dio – or his
epitomist –
insists that
Antinous died not
through drowning, as
Hadrian claimed...
- the
condensation (called "the
Epitomist").
Jason most
probably wrote in the mid to late 2nd
century BCE, and the
Epitomist before 63 BCE. 3
Maccabees concerns...
- in Idumea, some Jews fell
against Gorgias's forces.
According to the
epitomist,
these Jews died
because they had
idols on them;
Judas makes a sin offering...
-
Gezer in the 2
Maccabees version. Bar-Kochva
notes that the
Egyptian epitomist of 2
Maccabees does not
appear very
familiar with the
geography of Coele-Syria...
