ISBN: 9789004693289 - from josephus to yosippon and beyond: text - re-interpretations - afterlives (supplements to the journal for the study of judaism, band 215) (3 Ergebnisse)

gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Sehr gut. 662 Seiten, Ecken minimal berieben, Kapitale mit kleinen Druckstellen, kleine Fleckchen am Längsschnitt, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten. 9789004693289 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3200.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThis volume marks the state-of-the-art concerning research on Flavius Josephus, Sefer Yosippon, and reception history of both. The essays contained herein draw together and build upon past research to establish a new foundatio.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two millennia ago, the Jewish priest-turned-general Flavius Josephus, captured by the emperor Vespasian in the middle of the Roman-Jewish War (66-70 CE), spent the last decades of his life in Rome writing several historiographical works in Greek. Josephus was eagerly read and used by Christian thinkers, but eventually his writings became the basis for the early-10th century Hebrew text called Sefer Yosippon, reintegrating Josephus into the Jewish tradition. This volume marks the first edited collection to be dedicated to the study of Josephus, Yosippon, and their reception histories. Consisting of critical inquiries into one or both of these texts and their afterlives, the essays in this volume pave the way for future research on the Josephan tradition in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and beyond.…