Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 2a: Judean War 4

Steve Mason (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

342 Seiten

2022
Brill (Verlag)
9789004117082 (ISBN)

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Book 4 is the pivotal volume of Josephus’ seven-volume masterpiece, the Judean War. It takes the reader from Galilee and the Golan to Vespasian’s rise to power via the entry of John of Gischala and Simon bar Giora into Jerusalem.

Josephus wrote his most impactful history, The Judean War, in seven volumes. The volume translated here and furnished with a full historical commentary, is pivotal. Filled with high drama and penetrating assessments of human behavior under extreme duress, it brings readers from Galilee and mass suicide at Gamala in the Golan to Vespasian’s rise to imperial power. In between, Josephus explains how first John of Gischala and then Simon bar Giora came to be the two dominant figures in Jerusalem, setting up the siege of Titus. This volume also introduces the war’s most famous antagonists: the Zealots (or Disciples).

Steve Mason, Ph.D. (1986), University of St. Michael’s College (Toronto), is Emeritus Professor in the University of Groningen. His earlier books include two in this series, which he edits, and A History of the Jewish War, AD 66-74 (Cambridge UP, 2016).

Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project

Addendum 2022

Abbreviations, Basic Resources, and Symbols

Introduction to Josephus’ Judean War Book 4

Book Four

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Authors and Texts

Index of Ancient People and Places

Index of Modern Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	24.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary ; 2a
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	200 x 270 mm
Gewicht	1089 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9789004117082 / 9789004117082
Zustand	Neuware