Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond.

Sievers, Joseph; Lembi, Gaia (ed.)

ISBN 10: 9004141790 / ISBN 13: 9789004141797

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2005., 2005

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Large octavo (250 x 170 mm), publisher's full cloth with publisher's illustrated dustjacket, xiii (+iii), 454 pp., a well preserved copy. [JSJS - Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism; 104]. - ISBN: 9789004141797. - Contents: The Formation of an Historical Canon of the Greco-Roman Period: From the Beginnings to Josephus (Doron Mendels, pp. 3-19), La genèse historique des Antiquités juives (Lucio Troiani, pp. 21-28), Judean Historiography in Rome: Josephus and History in Contra Apionem Book 1 (John M. G. Barclay, pp. 29-43), The Impotence of Titus, or Josephus Bellum Judaicum as an Example of "Pathetic" Historiography (Fausto Parente, pp. 45-69), Of Audience and Meaning: Reading Josephus Bellum Judaicum in the Context of a Flavian Audience (Steve Mason, pp. 71-100), The Provincial Historian in Rome (Jonathan J. Price, pp. 101-118), "By the Waters of Babylon": Josephus and Greek Poetry (Honora Howell Chapman, pp. 121-146), The Hellenistic Biographical History of King Saul: Josephus, A.J. 6.45-378 and 1 Samuel 9:1-31:13 (Detlev Dormeyer, pp. 147-157), Power and Pity: The Image of Herod in Josephus Bellum Judaicum (Tamar Landau, pp. 159-181), Commonplaces in Herod s Commander Speech in Josephus A.J. 15.127-146 (Jan Willem van Henten, pp. 183-206), Reading the Bible in Rome: Josephus and the Constraints of Empire (Paul Spilsbury, pp. 209-227), Josephus Use of Prayers: Between Narrative and Theology (Tessel Jonquière, pp. 229-243), Some Observations on Josephus Description of the Essenian Morning Prayer (Niclas Förster, pp. 245-253), Wer dient wem? Die Darstellung des Flavischen Triumphzuges auf dem Titusbogen und bei Josephus (B.J. 7.123-162) (Barbara Eberhardt, pp. 257-277), Josephus on Titus: The Vanquished Writing about the Victor (James S. McLaren, pp. 279-295), Josephus and the Philosophers of Rome: Does Contra Apionem Mirror Domitian s Crushing of the "Stoic Opposition"? (Gunnar Haaland, pp. 297-316), Alexandrien als Drehscheibe zwischen Jerusalem und Rom: Die Bedeutung der Stadt im Werk des Josephus (Gottfried Schimanowski, pp. 317-330), Jews, Romans, and Christians: From the Bellum Judaicum to the Antiquitates (Giorgio Jossa, pp. 331-342), The Divorces of the Herodian Princesses: Jewish Law, Roman Law or Palace Law? (Bernard S. Jackson, pp. 343-368), The Latin Translation of Josephus Antiquitates (Gaia Lembi, pp. 371-381), Translating Book 1 of Josephus Bellum Judaicum: Some Critical Observations (Anthony J. Forte, pp. 383-403), Josephus und das Alphabet der Römer: Überlegungen zur Schreibung Griechischer Eigennamen in Lateinischer Schrift (Folker Siegert, pp. 405-423), Concluding Remarks (Folker Siegert, pp. 425-430) - [00B | SOD | oR ] 1000 g.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond.
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2005.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004141790
• ISBN 13: 9789004141797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 1000 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • JUDAICA, JUDENTUM - judaica, judaism

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Synopsis

The essays in this volume focus on the relationship between Josephus’ Judean and Jewish identity on the one hand, and his life and writings in the context of Flavian Rome on the other. From very different points of view the various contributions to this volume, which is the fruit of an international colloquium entitled ‘Josephus between Jerusalem and Rome’ held in the city of Rome in 2003, shed light on the complex cultural interplay in Josephus’ writings. After examining more general historiographical and literary questions, the volume proceeds to address specific issues of Josephus’ presentation of Judaism and of historical “data”, inter alia about the war of 66-70 CE. A final section deals with the translation and transmission of his works.

About the Author

Joseph Sievers, Ph.D. (1981) in Ancient History, Columbia University, is Professor of Jewish History and Literature of the Hellenistic Period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. His publications include Synopsis of the Greek Sources for the Hasmonean Period (Rome, 2001).
Gaia Lembi holds a doctorate in Jewish Studies (2003) from the University of Turin and is pursuing a second one in Ancient History at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. In 2004-2005 she was awarded a Lady Davis Fellowship at the Hebrew University.