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Life of Josephus: The Autobiography of Flavius Josephus
Journal for the Study of Judaism, 2010AbstractThe autobiographic work of Flavius Josephus Life of Josephus (further Life), which focuses on the man Josephus, was exceptional in the Jewish literature of that time. An inquiry into the structure of Life, its components, contents, and the way Josephus described himself both as an individual and as a public figure indicates that Josephus wrote ...
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Abstract This chapter argues that Josephus drew inspiration from Philo’s writings, especially those with an apologetic dimension, because he shared some of Philo’s views and faced similar challenges. They both attempted to refute slanders against the Jews, such as those formulated by Apion.
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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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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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