Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 8: Judean Antiquities, Books 18-20

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70368-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 386 Seiten, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 1256 g

Reihe: Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary

These last three books of Josephus’s Antiquities detail Jewish history between the establishment of direct Roman rule in Judea in 6 CE and the outbreak of the Judean rebellion against Rome in 66 – a rebellion that culminated in 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. Along the way, these books also constitute the main source for the context in which Christianity was born. This volume offers a translation of Josephus’s Greek text, along with a commentary that aims to clarify the history to which Josephus testifies and also its meaning for him as an exiled Jerusalemite and rebel-turned-historian.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Daniel R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project

Foreword

Abbreviations

An Analytical Table of Antiquities 18–20

Introduction

I Expectations

II Disappointment

III Nevertheless

IV Intended Readership

V Josephus and His Sources

VI Text

VII Translation

VIII Annotations

MAPS

Map of Roman Judea

Map of the Arsacid Kingdom in the First Two Centuries CE

TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY

Book 18

Book 19

Introduction to Book 19

Book 20

APPENDICES

1 Chronological Survey of the Roman Governors of Judea, 6–66 CE

2 On Possibilities, Probabilities, and Simon Cantheras's Pedigree (Ant. 19.297)

3 An Ancient Table of Contents

Bibliography

Opening Note about the Indexes

Index of Subjects

Index of Ancient Persons and Places

Index of Modern Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel R. Schwartz, Ph.D. (1979), is the Herbst Family Professor emeritus of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published monographs and translations on ancient Jewish history, including Reading the First Century: On Reading Josephus and Studying Jewish History of the First Century (Mohr Siebeck 2013).