Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome |
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Editor:
| Edmondson, Jonathan Mason, Steve Rives, James |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-153224-5 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $239.55 |
Book Description:
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Flavius Josephus is best known for his portraits of first-century conditions in Judaea: foreign and native rulers, religious groups and customs, geography, paraphrase of the Bible, apologetics, and the war with Rome. This is the first book to attempt a detailed and nuanced treatment of Josephus' Roman context: the significance of his works for understanding Rome in the late first century, and the significance of that Roman world for understanding Josephus.
Flavius Josephus is best known for his portraits of first-century conditions in Judaea: foreign and native rulers, religious groups and customs, geography, paraphrase of the Bible, apologetics, and the war with Rome. This is the first book to attempt a detailed and nuanced treatment of Josephus' Roman context: the significance of his works for understanding Rome in the late first century, and the significance of that Roman world for understanding Josephus.