Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome

Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason, and James Rives

The first book to explore the interpretation of Josephus' works within their Roman context
Brings together leading international specialists to discuss the topic
A full introductory essay contextualizes the various contributions

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome

Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason, and James Rives

Description

Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in which he wrote: Flavian Rome. For the first time, this book brings these two phenomena into critical engagement, so that Josephus may illuminate Flavian Rome, and Flavian Rome, Josephus. Who were his likely audiences or patrons in Rome? How did the context in which he wrote affect his writing? What do his narratives say or imply about that context? This book brings together contributions from leading international scholars of Josephus and Flavian-Roman history and literature.

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome

Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason, and James Rives

Introduction: Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome, Jonathan Edmondson
I. Josephus in the Social and Political Context of Flavian Rome
1. Josephus' Roman Audience: Josephus and the Roman Elites, Hannah M. Cotton and Werner Eck
2. Foreign Elites at Rome, Glen Bowersock
3. Herodians and `Ioudaioi' in Flavian Rome, Daniel R. Schwartz
4. Josephus in the Diaspora, Tessa Rajak
II. The Impact of the Jewish War in Flavian Rome
5. Last Year in Jerusalem: Monuments of the Jewish War in Rome, Fergus Millar
6. The Sack of the Temple in Josephus and Tacitus, T. D. Barnes
7. Flavian Religious Policy and the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, J. B. Rives
8. The `Fiscus Iudaicus' and Gentile Attitudes to Judaism in Flavian Rome, Martin Goodman
III. Josephus: Literature and Historiography in Flavian Rome
9. From `Exempla' to `Exemplar'? Writing History around the Emperor in Imperial Rome, Christina Shuttleworth Kraus
10. Josephus and Greek Literature in Flavian Rome, Christopher P. Jones
11. Parallel Lives of Two Lawgivers: Josephus' Moses and Plutarch's `Lycurgus', Louis H. Feldman
12. Figured Speech and Irony in T. Flavius Josephus, Steve Mason
13. Spectacle in Josephus' `Bellum Judaicum', Honora Howell Chapman
14. The Empire Writes Back: Josephan Rhetoric in Flavian Rome, John M. G. Barclay

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome

Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason, and James Rives

Author Information

Jonathan Edmondson is Associate Professor, York University, Toronto. Steve Mason is Canada Research Professor in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction, York University, Toronto. J. B. Rives is Associate Professor, York University, Toronto.