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撮要

本文探討約西法在古史中,如何敘述大衛對掃羅及約拿單死訊的反應,及其與撒母耳記之記載(參照MT、LXX及Targum)有何異同。作者發現約西法刻意將撒母耳記上第三十一章及撒母耳記下第一章的記載的差異之處統一起來,並且大幅度地濃縮撒母耳記下第一章的記載。

ABSTRACT

2 Samuel 1 relates David’s reaction to the death of Saul and Jonathan in battle with the Philistines (see 1 Samuel 31). This article provides a detailed investigation of Josephus’ retelling, in Antiquities 7.1-6, of the story of 2 Samuel 1 (as witnessed by MT, LXX, and the Targum). Among its findings: Josephus takes particular care to eliminate the discrepancies between 1 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1 regarding the circumstances of Saul’s demise in his rendition of the latter chapter. He likewise drastically compresses throughout his version of 2 Samuel 1，reducing, for example David’s eulogy for Saul and Jonathan as cited in vv. 17-27 to a simple allusion to the fact of his having “composed laments and eulogies” for them.

原載於《建道學刊》11期（1999年1月），頁1-13。