Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus
Rhetoric, Spatiality, and First-Century Jewish Institutions
Seiten
2017
Brill (Verlag)
9789004341821 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
9789004341821 (ISBN)
In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus, Andrew Krause examines the historiographical tendenz and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus, in order to clarify how his writings may be used responsibly in the reconstruction of first-century synagogues.
In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus, Andrew Krause analyses the place of the synagogue within the cultural and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus. Engaging with both rhetorical critical methods and critical spatial theories, Krause argues that in his later writings Josephus portrays the Jewish institutions as an important aspect of the post-Temple, pan-diasporic Judaism that he creates. Specifically, Josephus consistently treats the synagogue as a supra-local rallying point for the Jews throughout the world, in which the Jewish customs and Law may be practiced and disseminated following the loss of the Temple and the Land. Conversely, in his earliest extant work, Bellum judaicum, Josephus portrays synagogues as local temples in order to condemn the Jewish insurgents who violated them.
In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus, Andrew Krause analyses the place of the synagogue within the cultural and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus. Engaging with both rhetorical critical methods and critical spatial theories, Krause argues that in his later writings Josephus portrays the Jewish institutions as an important aspect of the post-Temple, pan-diasporic Judaism that he creates. Specifically, Josephus consistently treats the synagogue as a supra-local rallying point for the Jews throughout the world, in which the Jewish customs and Law may be practiced and disseminated following the loss of the Temple and the Land. Conversely, in his earliest extant work, Bellum judaicum, Josephus portrays synagogues as local temples in order to condemn the Jewish insurgents who violated them.
Andrew R. Krause, PhD (2015), McMaster University, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Religion and Politics Cluster of Excellence and Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.03.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity ; 97 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 573 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| ISBN-13 | 9789004341821 / 9789004341821 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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