Making History. Josephus and Historical Method.

Rodgers, Zuleika (ed.)

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2007.

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Large octavo (250 x 170 mm), publisher's full cloth with publisher's illustrated dustjacket, xiv, 471 (+1) pp., dustjacket lightly tanned at spine, a well preserved copy. [JSJS - Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism; 110]. - ISBN: 9789004150089. - CONTENTS: On referring to something, meaning something, and truth: A terminological proposal (Folker Siegert, pp. 23-48), Delving into the dark side: Josephus foresight as hindsight (James S. Mclaren, pp. 49-67), Josephus personality and the credibility of his narrative (Uriel Rappaport, pp. 68-81), Masada in the 1st and 21st centuries (Honora Howell Chapman, pp. 82-102), Josephus attempt to reorganize judaism from Rome (Etienne Nodet, pp. 103-122), Composition and sources in Antiquities 18: The case of Pontius Pilate (Daniel R. Schwartz, pp. 123-146), Josephus and Strabo: The reasons for a choice (Alessandro Galimberti, pp. 147-167), Geschichtsforschung als Apologie: Josephus und die Nicht-Griechischen Historiker in contra Apionem (Niclas Förster, pp. 168-191), Noble death in Josephus: Just rhetoric? (Jan Willem Van Henten, pp. 193-218), Essenes and lurking spartans in Josephus judean war: From story to history (Steve Mason, pp. 219-261), What difference does philosophy make? The three schools as a rhetorical Devicein Josephus (Gunnar Haalandpp. 262-288), Josephus and Antipas: A case study of Josephus narratives on Herod Antipas (Morten Hørning Jensen, pp. 289-312), Josephus and the psalms of Solomon on Herod s messianic aspirations:An interpretation (Samuel Rocca, pp. 313-333), Josephus as a source for economic history: Problems and approaches (Jack Pastor, pp. 334-346), Noble deaths at Gamla and Masada? A critical assessment of Josephus accounts of jewish resistance in light of archaeological discoveries (Kenneth Atkinson, pp. 347-371), The archaeological illumination of Josephus narrative of the battles at Yodefat and Gamla (Mordechai Aviam, pp. 372-384), Josephus and archaeology on the cities of the Galilee (Zeev Weiss, pp. 385-414), Robert Traill: The first irish critic of William Whiston s translation of Josephus (A Special lecture to Mark the hosting of the international Josephus Colloquium in Trinity College Dublin) (Gohei Hata, pp. 415-435) - [00B | SOD | oR ] 1030 g. Seller Inventory # 000133

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Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden & Boston, 2007.