Reading the First Century : On Reading Josephus and Studying Jewish History of the First Century Paperback / softback
by Daniel R. Schwartz
Part of the Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament series
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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 time of tumult and radical change.
Daniel R. Schwartz argues that by building from the bottom up - first establishing the text and its meaning, then moving on to issues of Josephus' models, sources, and purposes - we may nevertheless reconstruct, with some confidence, the events and processes of this crucial era.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:222 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:17/10/2014
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- Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
- Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
- Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics
- Christian theology
- Judaism: theology
- Theology
- Higher & further education, tertiary education
- Colleges of higher education
- Universities
- Educational: Religious studies: Christianity
- ISBN:9783161533310
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:222 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:17/10/2014
-
Category:
- Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
- Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
- Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics
- Christian theology
- Judaism: theology
- Theology
- Higher & further education, tertiary education
- Colleges of higher education
- Universities
- Educational: Religious studies: Christianity
- ISBN:9783161533310