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Josephus and Judaean Politics (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition)
by Seth Schwartz
Binding: Hardcover, 268 pages
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Weight: 1.3 pound
Dimension: H: 0.75 x L: 9.75 x W: 6.75 inches
ISBN 10: 9004092307
ISBN 13: 9789004092303
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This synthetic treatment of Josephus and his times has two aims. The first is to establish Josephus' attitudes to the various Judaean aristocratic groups of the first century priests, descendants of Herod, certain sectarians and how these attitudes changed. The second aim is more speculative: to connect these changes with actual changes in Judaean politics and society in the c. 30 years of Josephus' literary activity, a critical period of transformation following the destruction of Jerusalem. The first chapter examines Josephus' life from his detection to Vespasian, and suggests that Josephus always retained an interest in current public affairs, particularly those of Judaea. Chapters 2 4 discuss the changes of attitude within the Josephan corpus and place them in the context of the evidence of the coins, inscriptions, Rabbinic literature and pagan historians. It is argued that these changes allow us to trace the decline of the pre 66 aristocracy groups after 70. Chapter 5 argues that there arose a new aristocracy in the 80s and 90s, a rise which left its mark in Josephus' later work.


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