This study examines four Josephan passages discussing souls entering a new body or life. It argues that research on this issue can be advanced from the conclusion by several scholars that despite the language of reincarnation it is really the belief in resurrection that underlies Josephus’s accounts. The key findings include: Josephus does not directly characterize the new life as a reward, and the fact that its recipients are good souls does not contradict reincarnation. The descriptions of the new body in B.J. are in all respects easier to reconcile with reincarnation than resurrection. The expression ἐκ πeριτροπῆς (αἰώνων) is best understood as referring to (cyclical) recurrence. The Josephan version of re-embodiment that emerges has many exact similarities with accounts of reincarnation but only a few general ones with resurrection. The thesis that Josephus’s real referent is resurrection is implausible.

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约瑟夫斯美好心灵的新生活：复活还是轮回？

这项研究考察了约瑟夫时期的四段经文，讨论了进入新的身体或生命的灵魂。它认为，关于这个问题的研究可以从一些学者得出的结论出发，尽管转世的语言确实是约瑟夫斯的论据背后的对复活的信仰。关键发现包括：约瑟夫斯并不直接将新生命描述为一种报酬，而接受者是好人这一事实与轮回并不矛盾。从各个方面来看，BJ中新尸体的描述都比复活更容易与轮回和解。最好将表达式ἐκπeριτροπῆς（αἰώνων）理解为是指（周期性）复发。出现的约瑟夫式的重新体现与转世的说法有许多确切的相似之处，但只有少数与复活有关的一般相似之处。