Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond

Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond / Joseph Sievers & Gaia Lembi......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 16
Part One: Historiography......Page 18
The Formation of an Historical Canon of the Greco-Roman Period: From the Beginnings to Josephus / Doron Mendels......Page 20
La genèse historique des Antiquités juives / Lucio Troiani......Page 38
Judean Historiography in Rome: Josephus and History in Contra Apionem Book 1 / John M. G. Barclay......Page 46
The Impotence of Titus, or Josephus' Bellum Judaicum as an Example of "Pathetic" Historiography / Fausto Párente......Page 62
Of Audience and Meaning: Reading Josephus' Bellum Judaicum in the Context of a Flavian Audience / Steve Mason......Page 88
The Provincial Historian in Rome / Jonathan J. Price......Page 118
Part Two: Literary Questions......Page 136
"By the Waters of Babylon": Josephus and Greek Poetry / Honora Howell Chapman......Page 138
The Hellenistic Biographical History of King Saul: Josephus, AJ. 6.45-378 and 1 Samuel 9:1-31:13 / Detlev Dormeyer......Page 164
Power and Pity: The Image of Herod in Josephus' Bellum Judaicum / Tamar Landau......Page 176
Commonplaces in Herod's Commander Speech in Josephus' A.J. 15.127-146 / Jan Willem van Henten......Page 200
Part Three: Josephus and Judaism......Page 224
Reading the Bible in Rome: Josephus and the Constraints of Empire / Paul Spilsbury......Page 226
Josephus' Use of Prayers: Between Narrative and Theology / Tessel Jonquiére......Page 246
Some Observations on Josephus' Description of the Essenian Morning Prayer / Niclas Förster......Page 262
Part Four: Histories and History......Page 272
Wer client wem? Die Darstellung des Flavischen Triumphzuges auf dem Titusbogen und bei Josephus (BJ. 7.123-162) / Barbara Eberhardt......Page 274
Josephus on Titus: The Vanquished Writing about the Victor / James S. McLaren......Page 296
Josephus and the Philosophers of Rome: Does Contra Apionem Mirror Domitian's Crushing of the "Stoic Opposition"? / Gunnar Haaland......Page 314
Alexandrien als Drehscheibe zwischen Jerusalem und Rom: Die Bedeutung der Stadt im Werk des Josephus / Gottfried Schimanowski......Page 334
Jews, Romans, and Christians: From the Bellum Judaicum to the Antiquitates / Giorgio Jossa......Page 348
The Divorces of the Herodian Princesses: Jewish Law, Roman Law or Palace Law? / Bernard S. Jackson......Page 360
Part Five: Translation and Transmission......Page 386
The Latin Translation of Josephus' Antiquitates / Gaia Lembi......Page 388
Translating Book 1 of Josephus' Bellum Judaicum: Some Critical Observations / Anthony J. Forte......Page 400
Josephus und das Alphabet der Römer: Überlegungen zur Schreibung Griechischer Eigennamen in Lateinischer Schrift / Folker Siegert......Page 422
Concluding Remarks / Folker Siegert......Page 442
List of Contributors......Page 448
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 450