Ben C Smith

I posted an exception to this purported Josephan rule in post #49 of this thread, from the War, and then decided to search the Antiquities. Below, then, are some examples of Josephus listing the family relationship of a person without a grammatical antecedent consisting of either description or name. I have so far searched only the first eight books of the Antiquities.

Antiquities 1.6.5 §148:

âˆ?οιησομαι δε πεÏ?ι ΕβÏ?αιων τον λογον· Φαλεγου γαÏ? του ΕβεÏ?ου γινεται παις Ρεους.

I will now treat of the Hebrews. The child of Phaleg of Heber was Ragau….

Antiquities 1.11.5 §205:

Εποιουν δε τουτο υπεÏ? του μη το γενος εκλιπειν. γινονται δε παιδες, υπο μεν της Ï€Ï?εσβυτεÏ?ας Μωαβος.

This [the daughters of Lot] did, so that human kind might not utterly fail; and they bare sons, that by the elder being Moab, which denotes one derived from his father....

Antiquities 5.9.4 §336:

Ωβηδης γαÏ? κατα διαλεκτον την ΕβÏ?αιων αποσημαινει δουλευων. Ωβηδου δε γινεται παις Ιεσσαιος....

For Obed in the Hebrew dialect signifies a servant. The child of Obed was Jesse.…

Antiquities 6.12.6 §261:

Διασωζεται δε παις Αβιμελεχου, ΑβιαθαÏ?ος ονομα.

But there escaped a child of Ahimelech, Abiathar by name.

Antiquities 7.14.4 §345:

Ο δε τεταÏ?τος υιος Δαυιδου νεανιας ευειδης και μεγας, εκ γυναικος αυτω Αιγισθης γεγονως. Αδωνιας δε Ï€Ï?οσαγοÏ?ευομενος....

Now the fourth son of David was a beautiful young man, and tall, born to him of Haggith his wife. He was addressed as Adonijah….

Either these instances break the rule or I have drastically misunderstood it.

Ben.

Amaleq13

I would be interested in spin's response. Perhaps this will be sufficient motivation to bring him out of his self-imposed "retirement".