Josephus 2nd Revised edition

The Historian and His Society

By: Tessa Rajak

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Paperback | 28 June 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Josephus, author of the Jewish War and the Jewish Antiquities, belongs equally to Jewish and to Greco-Roman history. A well-to-do priest and Pharisee at Jerusalem, he was a contemporary and chronicler of the great changes which took place in the Roman Empire in the first century AD and a controversial general in the great Jewish revolt of 66-73 against Rome.
Tessa Rajak, an ancient historian versed in both Greek and Hebrew, assesses the varied source material to produce a sociological account of the Jewish revolt which casts fresh light on Josephus' attitudes, placing his achievement in the context of both Jewish values and the Greek historical tradition.
This second edition includes a new Introduction and additional Bibliography, bringing the book completely up to date in the light of recent scholarship.

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Preface to the First Edition	p. vi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xvi
Table of events	p. xvii
Map: the Palestine of Josephus	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Family, Education and Formation	p. 11
The Greek Language in Josephus' Jerusalem	p. 46
Josephus' Account of the Breakdown of Consensus	p. 65
Josephus' Interpretation of the Jewish Revolt	p. 78
The Structure of the Jewish Revolt	p. 104
Josephus and the Civil War in Galilee	p. 144
Josephus as an Aramaic Writer	p. 174
Flavian Patronage and Jewish Patriotism	p. 185
Epilogue: The Later Josephus	p. 223
Appendixes
The native language of Josephus	p. 230
The assistant theory	p. 233
The dating of Josephus' Antiquities and Life	p. 237
Bibliography: Guide to Literature since 1983	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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