The Historical Method of Flavius Josephus (1986 Villalba i Varneda), book

The Historical Method of Flavius Josephus (1986) is a book by Pere Villalba i Varneda.

Editions

Published in Leiden [Netherlands]: E. J. Brill, 1986 (ISBN: 90-04-07616-6; Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des hellenistischen Judentums, 19).

Table of contents

• Presentació
• Preface
• Status quaestionis
• Abbreviations

I. THE THEORY OF HISTORICAL CAUSE

• Precedents
• A. The concept of historical cause in Flavius Josephus
• B. The aetiological question on the human plane
• 1. The fall of Jerusalem
• 2. The wars of the people of Israel
• 3. The historical subject as cause
• C. The aetiological question on the transcendent plane
• 1. Diversity of the transcendent concept in Flavius Josephus
• 2. Events mysterious in nature
• 3. Biblical God and historical event

II. ARS NARRANDI

• Precedents
• A. Historiographic elements
• 1. Historical personalities
• 2. The speeches
• Precedents
• a. Direct speeches in the "Bellum Judaicum"
• b. Direct speeches in the "Antiquitates Judaicae"
• c. Indirect speeches in the "Bellum Judaicum"
• d. Indirect speeches in the "Antiquitates Judaicae"
• e. Mixed styles
• 3. Chronology
• 4. Geography
• 5. The Institutions
• 6. Archaeology
• 7. Wars
• B. Historical narrative
• 1. The narrative thread
• 2. Dinosis
• 3. Ecphrasis
• 4. Historical anticipation
• C. The personal elements in Flavius Josephus
• 1. Paradox and reason
• 2. Ethical and philosophical reflections
• 3. Eulogy and censure
• 4. Proems and epilogues
• Precedents
• a. The proems
• b. The epilogues
• 5. Historiographic pointers
• 6. Novelistic elements
• 7. History and drama

III. CONCLUSIONS: THE METHODOLOGY OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS

• Precedents
• A. Pragmatic history
• B. Historiographic explanation
• C. Apodictic history
• D. Use of sources
• E. Histriographic attitude and impartiality
• Bibliography
• General Index
• Index of Greek Words