Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian

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BRILL, Jan 23, 2014 - Religion - 424 pages
In Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome William den Hollander places under the microscope the Judaean historian's own account of the latter part of his life, following his first encounters with the Romans. Episodes of Josephus' life, such as his embassy to Rome prior to the outbreak of the 1st Judaean Revolt, his prophetic pronouncement of Vespasian's imminent rise to the imperial throne, and his time in the Roman prisoner-of-war camp, are subjected to rigorous analysis and evaluated against the broader ancient evidence by the application of a vivid historical imagination. Den Hollander also explores at great length the relationships formed by Josephus with the Flavian emperors and other individuals of note within the Roman army camp and, later, in the city of Rome. He builds solidly on recent trends in Josephan research that emphasize Josephus' distance from the corridors of power.
 

Contents

Josephus in Rome
1
Chapter 2 Yosef ben Mattityahu in Neronian Rome
27
Chapter 3 Josephus and Vespasian
68
Chapter 4 Josephus and Titus
139
Chapter 5 Josephus and Domitian
200
Chapter 6 Josephus and the Inhabitants of Rome
252
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks
305
Bibliography
311
Index of Ancient Names and Places
375
Index of Modern Authors
381
Index of Ancient Sources
390
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