Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond (2005 Sievers/Lembi), edited volume

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Josephus and Jewish History in Flavian Rome and Beyond (2005) is a collection of essays edited by Joseph Sievers and Gaia Lembi.

Abstract

Proceedings of the International Josephus Colloquium, Rome [Italy], 2003.

"The essays in this volume focus on the relationship between Josephus’ Judean and Jewish identity on the one hand, and his life and writings in the context of Flavian Rome on the other. From very different points of view the various contributions to this volume, which is the fruit of an international colloquium entitled ‘Josephus between Jerusalem and Rome’ held in the city of Rome in 2003, shed light on the complex cultural interplay in Josephus’ writings. After examining more general historiographical and literary questions, the volume proceeds to address specific issues of Josephus’ presentation of Judaism and of historical ‘data,’ inter alia about the war of 66-70 CE. A final section deals with the translation and transmission of his works."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2005 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 104).

Table of contents

PART ONE - HISTORIOGRAPHY

  • The Formation of an Historical Canon of the Greco-Roman Period: From the Beginnings to Josephus / Doron Mendels
  • La genèse historique des Antiquités juives / Lucio Troiani
  • Judean Historiography in Rome: Josephus and History in Contra Apionem Book 1 / John M.G. Barclay
  • The Impotence of Titus, or Josephus' Bellum Judaicum as an Example of "Pathetic" Historiography / Fausto Parente
  • Of Audience and Meaning: Reading Josephus' Bellum Judaicum in the Context of a Flavian Audience / Steve Mason
  • The Provincial Historian in Rome / Jonathan J. Price

PART TWO - LITERARY QUESTIONS

  • "By the Waters of Babylon": Josephus and Greek Poetry / FIONORA HOWELL CHAPMAN
  • The Hellenistic Biographical History of King Saul: Josephus, A.J. 6.45-378 and 1 Samuel 9:1-31:13 / DETLEV DORMEYER
  • Power and Pity: The Image of Herod in Josephus' Bellum Judaicum / TAMAR LANDAU
  • Commonplaces in Herod's Commander Speech in Josephus' A.J. 15.127-146 / JAN WILLEM VAN HENTEN

PART THREE - JOSEPHUS AND JUDAISM

  • Reading the Bible in Rome: Josephus and the Constraints of Empire / PAUL SPILSBURY
  • Josephus' Use of Prayers: Between Narrative and Theology / TESSEL JONQUIÈRE
  • Some Observations on Josephus' Description of the Essenian Morning Prayer / NIGLAS FÖRSTER

PART FOUR - HISTORIES AND HISTORY

  • Wer dient wem? Die Darstellung des Flavischen Triumphzuges auf dem Titusbogen und bei Josephus (B.J. 7.123-162) / BARBARA EBERHARDT
  • Josephus on Titus: The Vanquished Writing about the Victor / JAMES S. MCLAREN
  • Josephus and the Philosophers of Rome: Does Contra Apionem Mirror Domitian's Crushing of the "Stoic Opposition"? / GUNNAR HAALAND
  • Alexandrien als Drehschcibe zwischen Jerusalem und Rom: Die Bedeutung der Stadt im Werk des Josephus / GOTTFRIED SCHIMANOWSKI
  • Jews, Romans, and Christians: From the Bellum Judaicum to the Antiquitates / Giorgio Jossa
  • The Divorces of the Herodian Princesses: Jewish Law, Roman Law or Palace Law? / BERNARD S. JACKSON

PART FIVE - TRANSLATION AND TRANSMISSION

  • The Latin Translation of Josephus' Antiquitates / Gaia Lembi
  • Translating Book 1 of Josephus' Bellum Judaicum: Some Critical Observations / ANTHONY J. FORTE
  • Josephus und das Alphabet der Römer: Überlegungen zur Schreibung Griechischer Eigennamen in Lateinischer Schrift / FOLKER SIEGERT
  • Concluding Remarks / FOLKER SIEGERT

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