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2011
This paper deals with the resistance by Jewish rebels led by a certain so-called Galilean, Judas against the Roman census. Judas regarded submission to human rulers as contravening the first of the Ten Commandments. Therefore his adherents opposed Roman taxation, because everybody who paid taxes acknowledged the legitimacy of the government.
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This paper deals with the resistance by Jewish rebels led by a certain so-called Galilean, Judas against the Roman census. Judas regarded submission to human rulers as contravening the first of the Ten Commandments. Therefore his adherents opposed Roman taxation, because everybody who paid taxes acknowledged the legitimacy of the government.
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20. The Triumph of Flavius Josephus
2003A classic symbol of the multicultural labyrinth that was the Roman Empire. This chapter sheds some specifically Flavian light on one passage of the seventh and final book of the Bellum Judaicum: the virtuoso account of the triumphal procession of Titus and Vespasian in 71 CE, celebrating their victory over the Jews.
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God the Father in Flavius Josephus
2014This chapter begins by reviewing the passages in which Josephus refers to God as father, making various observations along the way. Then, it discusses whether Josephus's references to God as father should be understood as having been influenced by Greek ideas.
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Magic in the works of Flavius Josephus [PDF]
, 2006 The aim of this thesis is to analyse Josephus’ approach and understanding of the category and terminology of magic. Through a detailed examination of every instance of his employments of the most distinctive magical terms (γόης, μαντις, μαγος, φαρμακός/φαρμακον) in his works, coupled with three detailed case studies of his biblical paraphrase in the ...
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Flavius Josephus Selbstbiographie
übers. u. mit Anm. vers. von J. B. Frise u. mit e. Vorr.openaire +1 more source