{"product_id":"a-companion-to-josephus-hardback-9781444335330","title":"A Companion to Josephus (Hardback) 9781444335330","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Josephus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHonora Howell Chapman (Edited by), H Chapman (Author), Zuleika Rodgers (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444335330, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 January 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.5 x 3.3 cm, 0.953 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The contributors to this truly magnificent collection of scholarship read like a who’s who in classics and religion academia............A wide variety of topics, an exhaustive bibliography, and fresh notions and research add to the immense value of this volume for both researchers and readers.\" (Choice Connect 2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...this book is a right royal feast, and an essential purchase for anyone interested in what can be said about Flavius Josephus.\" (Dr. Michael Mates, United Nations of Roma Victrix Book Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Josephus\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of readings from international scholars that explore the works of the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the first single-volume collection of readings to focus on Josephus\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of disciplinary approaches to the subject, including reception history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from 29 eminent scholars in the field from four continents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals important insights into the Jewish and Roman worlds at the moment when Christianity was gaining ground as a movement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Named \u003cb\u003eOutstanding Academic Title of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e by \u003ci\u003eChoice Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, a publication of the American Library Association\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonora Howell Chapman and Zuleika Rodgers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Writings 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Josephus’s Judean War 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Mason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Many Sources but a Single Author: Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel R. Schwartz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Josephus’s Autobiography (Life of Josephus) 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Mason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Against Apion 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Barclay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Josephus’s Literary Context 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Josephus as a Roman Historian 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Mason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Josephus and Greek Imperial Literature 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEran Almagor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Josephus and the Bible 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Spilsbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Josephus and Philo in Rome 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaren R. Niehoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Josephus and the New Testament 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen K. Bond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Themes 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Josephus and the Archaeology of Galilee 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZeev Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Josephus as a Military Historian 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan P. Roth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Josephus on Women 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTal Ilan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Hasmoneans in Josephus 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErich S. Gruen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Herod the Great in Josephus 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Willem van Henten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Herodian Temple in Josephus 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Kaden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Josephus and the Jewish Sects 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbert I. Baumgarten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Josephus and the Priesthood 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames S. McLaren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Josephus and Halacha 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Nakman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Josephus and Rabbinic Literature 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Kalmin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1V Transmission and Reception History 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Text of the Josephan Corpus: Principal Greek Manuscripts, Ancient Latin Translations, and the Indirect Tradition 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTommaso Leoni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Ancient Latin Translations of Josephus 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid B. Levenson and Thomas R. Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Testimonium Flavianum 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Whealey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Josephus and Patristic Literature 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabrina Inowlocki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Christian Reception of Josephus in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren M. Kletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Sefer Yosippon (Josippon) 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaskia Dönitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Slavonic Version of Josephus’s Jewish War 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Leeming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Josephus in Renaissance Italy 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilvia Castelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 A Note on English Translations of Josephus from Thomas Lodge to D. S. Margoliouth 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGohei Hata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 From Masada to Jotapata: On Josephus in Twentieth]Century Hebrew Scholarship 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel R. 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