Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
The Case of Josephus' Jewish War
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-888299-2
Verlag: Sydney University Press
regime representation in Flavian Rome outside Josephus and examined questions relating to the structure and date of the work, Davies provides a series of thematically-focused readings of the three senior members of the Flavian family, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, as represented by their contemporary and client
Josephus. Key topics explored include the level of independence of Josephus' vision, his work's relationship to how the regime is depicted in other contemporary sources, how Josephus makes the Flavians serve his own agenda (which is distinct from the heavy focus of much previous scholarship on how Josephus served their agenda), and the viability and usefulness of certain types of reading practices relating to figured critique which have recently become influential in Josephan scholarship. The
book offers a new approach to Josephus' relationship to the Flavian Dynasty and sheds new light on contemporary historiography and political expression in the Early Principate.