Reading the First Century : On Reading Josephus and Studying Jewish History of the First Century


Daniel R. Schwartz
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Tübingen : : Mohr Siebeck, , 2013.
Omfang
1 online resource (223 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Who Needs Historians of the First Century?; 1.1 The first century and Josephus; 1.2 Who needs historians, what can they do, and why bother?; 1.2.1 Tendencies and predispositions; 1.2.2 Comparison of Josephus to other sources; 1.2.3 Josephus' use of sources; 1.3 The philological-historical approach: Some introductory comments and test-cases; 1.3.1 On pendulums and cuckoos; 1.3.2 Issues of text and interpretation: The case of Josephus' divorce (Life 415); 1.3.2.1 Text; 1.3.2.2 Interpretation. - 1.3.3 Issues of meaning in context and authorial intention: The case of Agrippa's birthday (Ant. 19.321)1.3.4 Issues of the use of sources: The case of Pompey's conquest (Ant 14.74-78); 1.3.5 Issues of coordinating evidence: Josephus and Philo on Pontius Pilate; 1.4 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Beneath the Text: What Text Shall We Read?; 2.1 When there's too little evidence: The case of Alexander Jannaeus' crucifixion of his enemies; Context to the rescue; 2.2 When there's unanimous evidence but we doubt it; 2.2.1 When it ain't broke, don't fix it: The case of Life 185. - 2.2.2 Text authentic, although wrong: The cases of Antiquities 14.158, Antiquities 15.407, and War 5.2362.2.3 Context shows text is not authentic; 2.2.3.1 Local literary context; 2.2.3.1.1 The case of Life 415; 2.2.3.1.2 The case of War 2.279; 2.2.3.2 Presumptive literary context: Manual of Discipline 11:9-11; 2.2.3.3 Presumptive non-literary context; 2.2.3.3.1 Governmental context? The case of Pilate's successor (Ant. 18.89, 237); 2.2.3.3.2 Religious context? The case of Agrippa's critic (Ant. 19.332); New discoveries change context; 2.3 When witnesses disagree. - 2.3.1 Obviously trivial discrepancies2.3.2 Seemingly serious discrepancies that turn out to be nugatory: Did the Essenes offer sacrifices (Ant. 18.19)?; 2.3.3 Discrepancies that do make a difference; 2.3.3.1 Careless scribes? Toponyms in War 2.573 and Life 188; 2.3.3.1.1 But authors too can err: Which Lyons (War 2.183 vs. Ant. 18.252)?; 2.3.3.2 Overly helpful scribes? Which Darius (Ant. 11.302)?; 2.3.3.3 Ignorant scribes? A Benjaminite priest (2 Maccabees 3:4)?; 2.3.3.4 Theologically motivated scribes? Who sang the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-56)?; Chapter 3: Within the Text: Meaning in Context. - 3.1 What does a word or a sentence mean?3.2 What does something mean in its broader context?; 3.2.1 Aspect of an overarching theme? "Demonic" intervention in Life 402; 3.2.2 Continuation of a story or beginning of a new one? When did Herod conquer Jerusalem?; 3.2.3 What did Josephus choose to leave out? Stasis in Antiquities 13.299; 3.2.3.1 Parallels?; 3.2.3.2 Historical explanation for the omission?; 3.2.4 Establishing a writer's Sitz im Leben; 3.3 Event or topos?; 3.3.1 Event or topos, or maybe both?; 3.3.1.1 A topos or more? Cannibalism in War 6.201-213. - 3.3.1.2 A topos and that's enough: Shipwreck in Life 15 and Acts 27. - Hauptbeschreibung The writings of Flavius Josephus provide much of what we know about the first century CE - which witnessed the birth of Christianity, the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, and the concomitant rise of rabbinic Judaism. However, Josephus was an author, not a video camera, and what he wrote often reflects much apart from what actually happened in the first century: Josephus' works were affected both by his literary models and by current events, and they functioned in various ways for Josephus as an individual and also as a Jew and a Roman, writing in a ti
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270.1 . - 296
ISBN
3161521870. - 9783161521874

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