Josephus, the Bible and History

by: Feldman, L.H. Hata, G.

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Introduction / Louis H. Feldman
Josephus and the canon of the Bible / Sid Z. Leiman
Josephus' Jewish antiquities and Pseudo-Philo's Biblical antiquities / Louis H. Feldman
Josephus' biblical text for the Books of Samuel / Eugene Ulrich
Josephus, the Letter of Aristeas, and the Septuagint / André Pelletier
Josephus and I Maccabees / Isaiah M. Gafni
The role of women in the Hasmonean dynasty / Joseph Sievers
Josephus and Nicolaus of Damascus / Ben Zion Wacholder
The Sadducees in Josephus / Günther Baumbach
The high priesthood in the judgment of Josephus / Clemens Thoma
Josephus and the revolutionary parties / Valentin Nikiprowetzky
Josephus and the economic causes of the Jewish War / Shimon Applebaum
A Marxist view of Josephus' Account of the Jewish War / Heinz Kreissig
The forms and historical value of Josephus' suicide accounts / Raymond R. Newell
The description of the land of Israel in Josephus' works / Zeev Safrai
Josephus Flavius and the archaeological excavations in Jerusalem / Benjamin Mazar

A companion volume to Josephus, Judaism, and Christianity, this collection of essays examines the reliability of Josephus, the most important historian of Jewish antiquity. Among the areas explored by fifteen internationally known scholars are Josephus' role in our knowledge of the Biblical canon, his attitude toward women, his use of sources, and his treatment of the priests, the Sadducees, and Herod. As he emerges from these pages, Josephus receives mixed reviews as a historian. He is generally reliable in recounting the topography and geography of Israel, and in relating political and military history, especially when he is not personally involved. On the other hand, he can be a propagandist, in defending Judaism, for example, or in reaction to those who stood up against the Roman Empire. By turns careful and deliberate or misleading and careless, Josephus, nonetheless, retains a central position as the most important historical source for the period between the end of the second century B. C. E. and the year 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed. Louis H. Feldman, a Ph.D. from Harvard University, is a professor of Classics at Yeshiva University. Gohei Hata was awarded the Ph.D. from Dropsie University. He is currently a professor at Tama Bijutsu University.

Subjects:
11.21 Jewish religious literature
168 B.C.-135 A.D
Bible A.T. Critique, interprétation, etc. juives
Bible O.T Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Bible. Ancien Testament Critique, interprétation, etc. juives
Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Bible. Old Testament
Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Geschiedschrijving
Hermeneutiek
History
Jews Historiography
Jews History 168 B.C.-135 A.D Historiography
Jews History 168 B.C.-135 A.D. Historiography
Jodendom
Josephus, Flavius
Josephus, Flavius 37-100
Josephus, Flavius, ca. 37-ca. 100
Josèphe, Flavius
Juifs Histoire 168 av. J.-C.-135 Historiographie

Josephus, the Bible and History

by: Feldman, L.H. Hata, G.

• ISBN-13: 9789004089310 / 978-90-04-08931-0
• ISBN-03: 9004089314 / 90-04-08931-4
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1989

Price: 149,00 EURO

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