Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome / edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason, James Rives.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edmondson, Jonathan.

Mason, Steve, 1957-

Rives, J. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Josephus, Flavius--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Josephus, Flavius.

Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96--Congresses.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Flavius Josephus is best known for his portraits of first-century conditions in Judaea. This book attempts to give a detailed and nuanced treatment of Josephus' Roman context.

Contents:

""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome""; ""PART I: JOSEPHUS IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF FLAVIAN ROME""; ""I. Josephus' Roman Audience: Josephus and the Roman Elites""; ""2. Foreign Elites at Rome""; ""3. Herodians and loudaioi in Flavian Rome""; ""4. Josephus in the Diaspora""; ""PART II: THE IMPACT OF THE JEWISH WAR IN FLAVIAN ROME""; ""5. Last Year in Jerusalem: Monuments of the Jewish War in Rome""

""6. The Sack of the Temple in Josephus and Tacitus""""7. Flavian Religious Policy and the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple""; ""8. The Fiscus ludaicus and Gentile Attitudes to Judaism in Flavian Rome""; ""PART III: JOSEPHUS: LITERATURE AND HISTORIOGRAPHY IN FLAVIAN ROME""; ""9. From Exempla to Exemplar? Writing History around the Emperor in Imperial Rome""; ""10. Josephus and Greek Literature in Flavian Rome""; ""11. Parallel Lives of Two Lawgivers: Josephus' Moses and Plutarch's Lycurgus""; ""12. Figured Speech and Irony in T. Flavius Josephus""; ""13. Spectacle in Josephus' Jewish War""

""14. The Empire Writes Back: Josephan Rhetoric in Flavian Rome""""References""; ""Index of Sources""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Index of Modern Authors""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-359) and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-281-19816-1

9786611198169

0-19-153224-X

1-4356-2263-4

OCLC:

191428138