Josephus in Galilee and Rome (1979 Cohen), book

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 and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1979. Reissued in 2002. Translated into Japanese (1991).

• Yosefusu: sono hito to jidai (1991 Cohen), book (Japanese ed.)

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

External links

• Google Books (partial text)