Image and Imitation

Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and Greco-Roman Historiography

Martin Friis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 242 Seiten

2018
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-156466-6 (ISBN)

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Flavius Josephus ranks among the most influential and prolific ancient Jewish writers. His account of near-contemporary events in the Jewish War and the latter half of the Jewish Antiquities have often been subjected to critical scrutiny. Josephus' writings, however, also include an account of the most remote past of the Jewish people in the first eleven books of the Jewish Antiquities. Yet, only rarely has this part of his authorship been subjected to a historiographically oriented analysis.Martin Friisoffers such an analysis with emphasis on Josephus' various strategies of self-presentation. He provides numerous examples of the comprehensiveness of Josephus' self-presentational style, and shows how Josephus consistently presents himself as a capable and competent historian in a manner that is highly reminiscent of, and easily comparable to, that of some of the greatest ancient Greco-Roman historians.

Born 1985; 2011 MTh, University of Copenhagen; 2015 PhD in Theology, University of Copenhagen; since 2015 part time lecturer and temporary assistant professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
Verlagsort	Tübingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 238 mm
Gewicht	393 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Greco-Roman • Greco-Roman historians • historians • Historiography • Judaism
ISBN-10	3-16-156466-9 / 3161564669
ISBN-13	978-3-16-156466-6 / 9783161564666
Zustand	Neuware