A related question (and I'm sorry for constantly asking bibliography
questions) does anyone know of any other Jewish apologetics (in Greek)
apart from Antiquities of the Jews, contemporary to the NT?
Steven
At 12:10 97/08/09 -0400, you wrote:
>Steven Cox <scox@ns1.chinaonline.com.cn.net> wrote:
>>
>> Apart from Luke 16 and Josephus' "Discourse concerning Hades"
>> has anyone ever come across any other Jewish Greek descriptions
>> of KOLPOS ABRAAM?
>
> I wasn't able to find your reference in Josephus; but Joseph
>Fitzmyer, in his commentary on Luke in the Anchor Bible Commentary series,
>has a note on "to Abraham's bososm" in vol. 2, p. 1132 of his commentary.
>He mentions Echa Rabb. 1.85; Pesqita Rabb. 43 # 108b from the late
>midrashim, and the Babylonian Talmud, b. Qidd. 72a-b among other sources.
>
>I hope this helps,
>
>David L. Moore
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