Josephus and the Politics of Historiography

Mader, Gottfried

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“…Already in the 1920s, Thackeray noticed Josephus's many allusions to classical historians, from Thucydides to Sallust, though his assumptions forced him to attribute these to literary assistants. More holistic recent interpretations have credited Josephus with drawing inspiration for core concepts from Polybius (Eckstein 1990), Thucydides (Mader 2000), and Strabo (Shahar 2004). After Thucydides (P.W.…”

Section: The Jewish Historian Flavius Josephusmentioning

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Jewish Historiography

Mason¹

2020

Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters

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Jewish Historiography

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2020

Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters

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“…67 Moreover, it is worth noting with Mader, that the concepts of tÊranniw, stãsiw, and Ïbriw are part and parcel of the classical opposition between democracy and tyranny, as represented by Demosthenes and Herodotus. 68 This indicates that when elaborating his Babel, Josephus has largely borrowed from the Greek tradition.…”

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Josephus' Rewriting of the Babel Narrative (Gen 11:1-9)

Inowlocki¹

2006

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êllh dÉ êllvn gl«ssa polusper°vn ényr≈pvn: (Il. II.803) Summary This paper analyzes Josephus' appropriation of the biblical episode of the tower of Babel. It aims to highlight its originality as well as its purposes. Its methodology is two-fold: firstly, it recasts Josephus' passage in the context of the contemporary Jewish literature in general and of Josephus' writings in particular; secondly, it closely examines its language. This analysis reveals that Josephus was inspired by his own experience during the war in Judaea, and therefore presents the episode of Babel as a political-theological myth. In addition, this study explores the manner in which Josephus used the biblical narrative in order to polemicize against the Greeks.

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Josephus'sJudean War

Mason¹

2015

A Companion to Josephus

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Josephus and the Politics of Historiography

Cited by 36 publications

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Josephus' Rewriting of the Babel Narrative (Gen 11:1-9)

Josephus'sJudean War

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