Josephus and the politics of historiography : apologetic and impression management in the Bellum Judaicum /

Josephus and the politics of historiography : apologetic and impression management in the Bellum Judaicum /

Although Josephus' debt to the traditions of Greco-Roman historiography is widely recognized, the classical elements in his Bellum Judaicum are still often dismissed as just formal ornatus . This study reconsiders Josephus' intellectual affiliation to his predecessors in the genre and argu...

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Main Author: Mader, Gottfried.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Ancient Greek

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 205.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Josephus, Flavius. > De bello Judaico.
Rebellion, Jews (66-73)
De bello Judaico (Josephus, Flavius)
66-73
Jews > History > Historiography. > Rebellion, 66-73.
Historiography.
Jews.
History.

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Call Number: DS122.8.J83 M33 2000eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • MEANS AND ENDS
  • MANUFACTURED MOTIVES: A 'RATIONALIST' MODEL OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
  • THE SEMANTICS OF STASIS: SOME THUCYDIDEAN STRANDS IN BJ4.121-282
  • MESSAGE AND MEDIUM: FURTHER LINES OF COHESION
  • MODEL AND MIRROR: IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT BY INTERTEXTUAL STRATEGY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF PASSAGES
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.W. Pleket , C.J. Ruijgh , D.M. Schenkeveld and P.H. Schrijvers.