Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 1 Background of Antiquities 2 Audience, Readers, and Publication of Antiquities 3 Aims and Purpose of Antiquities 4 Why "Court-Tales"? On Genre, Categories, and Labels 5 Methods and Challenges 6 Plan of Study2 Greco-Roman Discourses of Exemplarity and Josephus 1 Introduction 2 "Greco-Roman Discourses of Exemplarity" Defined 3 Moralism and Exemplarity in Josephan Scholarship 4 Exemplarity in Josephus' Antiquities 5 Greco-Roman Discourses of Exemplarity in this Study3 A Tale of Two Josephs: Joseph the Tobiad and Scriptural Joseph 1 Introduction 2 Joseph the Tobiad and Scriptural Joseph as Wise Courtiers 3 Joseph the Tobiad and Scriptural Joseph as Sexually (Im)moral 4 Conclusion4 "He Loved Him Still More as If He Were His Only Genuine Son": Hyrcanus the Tobiad and Scriptural Joseph 1 Introduction 2 Sibling Rivalry in the Tales of the Tobiads and the Scriptural Joseph Story 3 Reward and Punishment in the Tales of the Tobiads and the Scriptural Joseph Story 4 Conclusion5 "You Will Forthwith Find Release from These Chains": Agrippa I and Scriptural Joseph 1 Introduction 2 Josephan Editorial Comments 3 Agrippa I and Scriptural Joseph as Falsely Accused and Unjustly Imprisoned 4 Conclusion6 Banquets Fit for Kings: Agrippa I and Esther 1 Introduction 2 Anti-Jewish Plots in the Accounts of Agrippa I and Esther 3 Banquet Scenes in the Accounts of Agrippa I and Esther 4 Conclusion7 Setting a Good Example: Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index.