Josephus in Galilee and Rome (1979 Cohen), book

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Josephus in Galilee and Rome: His Vita and Development as a Historian (1979) is a book by Shaye J.D. Cohen.

Abstract

A critical biography of Flavius Josephus. Originally presented as the author's thesis, Columbia University, 1975.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1979. Reissued in 2002.

Translations

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • I. Vita and Bellum Judaicum: The Problem and the Solutions
    • A. The Problem
    • B. The Solutions
  • II. Josephus and His Sources
    • A. Josephus and His Sources
    • B. BJ and AJ
  • III. Vita and Bellum Judaicum: The Literary Relationship
  • IV. Bellum Judaicum: Aims and Methods
    • A. Date
    • B. Literary Technique
    • C. Aims
  • V. Vita: Aims and Methods
    • A. V as an Autobiography
    • B. Literary Technique
    • C. Aims
    • D. Date
  • VI. Josephus
  • VII. Conclusion: Josephus in Rome
  • Appendix I: Non-Josephan Data
    • A. Archaeological and Epigraphical Evidence
    • B. Numismatic Evidence
    • C. Literary Evidence
    • D. Conclusion
  • Appendix II: Synoptic Outline of Vita and Bellum Judaicum

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