Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome /

Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome /

The Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in such detail. Glas traces the themati...

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Main Author: Glas, Eelco (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 19.

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Biblical Studies.
Ancient Judaism.
Classical Studies.

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Call Number: BS709.4

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Table of Contents:
  • Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series
  • Acknowledgments and Permissions
  • Introduction: Josephus' Self-Fashioning as a Character in the Judaean War
  •  0.1 'There's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity'
  •  0.2 Background, Aims, and Approach
  •  0.3 Outline and Scope of the Study
  • 1 Character and Exemplarity: Reading the Judaean War within Greek and Roman Historiographic Traditions
  •  Introduction
  •  1.1 The Judaean War: Basic Observations
  •  1.2 Character and Rhetoric in Graeco-Roman Culture
  •  1.3 Character and Characterisation in Graeco-Roman Historiography
  •  1.4 Moral Character and the Purposes of Josephus' Writings
  •  1.5 Rhetoric and the Presentation of Character in the War
  •  1.6 Conclusions
  • 2 The Perspective of Josephus' Self-Characterisation
  •  Introduction
  •  2.1 Josephus' Self-Characterisation in the Judaean War: Outline and Compositional Framing
  •  2.2 Josephus and Autobiographical Practice in Flavian Rome
  •  2.3 The Prominence of Autobiographical Discourse in the Judaean War
  •  2.4 Conclusions
  • 3 Josephus' Virtues and the Moralising Nature of the War
  •  Introduction
  •  3.1 Josephus' Art of Statesmanship: Beating Stasis in Galilee (BJ 2.569-646)
  •  3.2 Josephus' Self-Portrayal and Graeco-Roman Models of Ideal Leadership
  •  3.3 Josephus' Changing Fortunes
  •  3.4 Josephus' Self-Characterisation and Roman Exemplary Discourse
  •  3.5 From Narrative Persona in the War to Public Persona in Rome
  • 4 Josephus and the Decorum of Self-Praise
  •  Introduction
  •  4.1 Plutarch's On Inoffensive Self-Praise
  •  4.2 Greeks and Romans on the Problem of Self-Praise (and Solutions for Practising it Anyway)
  •  4.3 Josephus' Self-Fashioning as a Historian (Beyond the War)
  •  4.4 The Art of Moderating Self-Praise in the War
  •  4.5 Conclusions
  • 5 Character Contested: Josephus' Rhetoric of Self-Defence and Apology
  •  Introduction
  •  5.1 Josephus' Use of Apology in the Jotapata Narrative: What Is at Stake?
  •  5.2 Apology and Self-Aggrandisement: Comparative Observations
  •  5.3 Apologetic Pretence in the Autobiographical Sections of the War
  •  5.4 Josephus' Art of Survival and the Divine in the Cave of Jotapata (BJ 3.340-391)
  •  5.5 Josephus Nightly Dreams in the Cave of Jotapata (BJ 3.351-354)
  •  5.6 Conclusions
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.