The present dissertation contends that the Gospel of Luke and 2 Maccabees stand at the junction of Biblical historical narratives and Greco-Roman historiography. A literary product of this generic intersection was the emergence of the... more
The present dissertation contends that the Gospel of Luke and 2 Maccabees stand at the junction of Biblical historical narratives and Greco-Roman historiography. A literary product of this generic intersection was the emergence of the Jewish-Hellenistic historical fiction monograph which may be defined as: A short historiographic narrative that exists in a separate volume, covers a limited chronological period and restricted geographical area, and has a consistent focus on one theme and person. It professes to be historiography and is often received as such. It centers on real historical subjects and endeavours to recount the reality of the past even if this includes historical errors, chronological manipulations, and supernatural causality. It proposes that Luke qualifies as an ancient historiographic narrative and exhibits generic aspects and methodologies characteristic of the Jewish-Hellenistic historical fiction monograph, particularly as might also be observed in 2 Maccabees. ...
