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

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 Seventh International Josephus Colloquium Rome [Italy], 2003.

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