Image and imitation : Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and Greco-Roman historiography / Martin Friis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friis, Martin, 1985- author.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 472. (DE-604)BV038743412

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 472

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Josephus, Flavius. Antiquitates Judaicae.

Josephus, Flavius.

Historiography--Greece--History--To 1500.

Historiography.

Historiography--Rome--History--To 1500.

Antiquitates Judaicae (Josephus, Flavius).

Greece.

Rome (Empire).

Josephus, Flavius--Criticism and interpretation.

Jews--Historiography.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and Greco-Roman historiography

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2018]

Summary:

Publisher's description: Flavius Josephus ranks among the most influential and prolific ancient Jewish writers. His account of near-contemporary events in the Jewish War and the latter half of the Jewish Antiquities have often been subjected to critical scrutiny. Josephus' writings, however, also include an account of the most remote past of the Jewish people in the first eleven books of the Jewish Antiquities. Yet, only rarely has this part of his authorship been subjected to a historiographically oriented analysis. Martin Friis offers such an analysis with emphasis on Josephus' various strategies of self-presentation. He provides numerous examples of the comprehensiveness of Josephus' self-presentational style, and shows how Josephus consistently presents himself as a capable and competent historian in a manner that is highly reminiscent of, and easily comparable to, that of some of the greatest ancient Greco-Roman historians.

Contents:

Introduction: The antiquities and ancient historiography. Introductory

A Jewish history for a non-jewish audience

A handful of histories? The diversity of ancient histories

Modern scholarship on ancient historiography

Concluding remarks

Setting the stage for history: ways of introduction

Introductory

'Allow me to introduce myself ... ': ways of self-introduction

' ... and my work': the historian and his chosen subject matter

A matter of persuasion: the importance of a sound methodology

Ancient literary critics on the nature of ancient histories

The historian and his personal experience

The historian and the oral tradition

The historian and his written sources

The historian and his predecessors: Josephus and his colleagues

Ancient literary critics on the works of specific historians

The ancient historian and his predecessors

Josephus on his Greco-Roman predecessors

A story for the ages: Josephus' authorial presence

Everything in order: ways of arrangement.

Notes:

Revised version of PhD dissertation at the University op Copenhagen, 2015

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161564666

3161564669

OCLC:

1059272506

Publisher Number:

10.1628/978-3-16-156467-3