Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome
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Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780199262120
ISBN-13 : 0199262128
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Book Synopsis Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome by : Jonathan Edmondson

Download or read book Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome written by Jonathan Edmondson and published by Oxford : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in which he wrote: Flavian Rome. For the first time, this book brings these two phenomena into critical engagement, so that Josephus may illuminate Flavian Rome, and Flavian Rome, Josephus. Who were his likely audiences or patronsin Rome? How did the context in which he wrote affect his writing? What do his narratives say or imply about that context? This book brings together contributions from leading international scholars of Josephus and Flavian-Roman history and literature.


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