A Companion to Josephus Hardcover - 2016
by Honora Howell Chapman (Editor); Zuleika Rodgers (Editor)
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Considered the most important historian of Jewish antiquity, the works of Flavius Josephus offer unparalleled insights into the world of Late Second Temple Judaism, the dawn of Christianity, and the early years of the Roman Empire. A Companion to Josephus presents a collection of readings that probe deeply into aspects relating to the four extant works of the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Featuring contributions from more than two dozen renowned international scholars specializing in Josephus and related studies, readings introduce the writings of Josephus, put them into historical contexts, explore their transmission and reception, and highlight contemporary scholarly approaches to two millennia of Josephan studies. Following an examination of the four individual texts and their manuscript tradition and situating the writings of Josephus among contemporaneous Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian works, a wide variety of themes are explored--the archaeology of Galilee, military history, the Jerusalem Temple, women, Jewish rulers, and more. Further readings follow the transmission and reception of the Josephan corpus along its remarkable journey from Late Antiquity through to the Medieval, early Modern, and Modern periods. In the first single-volume scholarly guide to Josephus, A Companion to Josephus sheds important new light into the writings of an eyewitness to a pivotal point in world history.
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- Title A Companion to Josephus
- Author Honora Howell Chapman (Editor); Zuleika Rodgers (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 488
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2016-01-19
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781444335330 / 1444335332
- Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.1 in (24.64 x 17.27 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Josephus, Flavius, Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015025352
- Dewey Decimal Code 933.05
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