Abstract
FlavianRomehasmostoftenbeenstudiedwithoutseriousattentiontoitsmostprolificextantauthor,TitusFlaviusJosephus.Josephus,inturn,hasusuallybeenstudiedforwhatheiswritingabout(mainly,eventsinJudaea)ratherthanforthecontextinwhichhewrote-FlavianRome.Forthefirsttime,thisbookbringsthesetwophenomenaintocriticalengagement,sothatJosephusmayilluminateFlavianRome,andFlavianRome,Josephus.WhowerehislikelyaudiencesorpatronsinRome?Howdidthecontextinwhichhewroteaffecthiswriting?Whatdohisnarrativessayorimplyaboutthatcontext?Toexploresuchawiderangeofissues,requiringdifferentkindsofspecialknowledge,thisbookbringstogetherscholarshipfromNorthAmerica,Europe,andIsrael.Allofthechapters,fromdifferentvantage-points,dealwiththecentralquestionsposedabove.TheresultisasetofstudiesthatworkscoherentlyfromJosephus'historicalsituationthroughtheinterpretationofhiswritingsincontext.Afullintroductoryessaysituateseachcontributioninthehistoryofscholarship,highlightingitssignificancefortheunderlyingproblems.ThisisthefirststudyofJosephus'Romancontextinsuchscopeanddetail.ReaderswillfinditavaluableresourceforbothJosephusandFlavianRome,aswellasareference-pointforthedevelopmentsthataresuretofollow.
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Edmondson, J., Mason, S., & Rives, J. (2007). FlaviusJosephusandFlavianRome. FlaviusJosephusandFlavianRome (Vol. 9780199262120, pp. 1–416). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199262120.001.0001
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