Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome: A Historiographical Analysis of Autobiographical Discourse in the Judaean War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004697638)

The Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in such detail. Glas traces the thematic and rhetorical aspects of autobiographical discourse in War and uses contextual evidence to situate Josephus' self-characterisation in a Flavian Roman setting. In doing so, he sheds new light on this Jewish writer's historiographical methods and his deep knowledge and creative use of Graeco-Roman culture.

Author: Eelco Glas
ISBN-10: 9004697632
ISBN-13: 9789004697638
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2024
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover