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Josephus, Judea, and Christian origins : methods and categories / Steve Mason ; with the editorial assistance of Michael W. Helfield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2009.Description: xx, 443 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781598562545 (alk. paper)
  • 1598562541 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BR129 .M377 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / by Steve Mason -- Josephus : interpretation and history -- Josephus as authority for first-century Judea -- Of audience and meaning : reading Josephus's Judean War in the context of a Flavian audience -- Figured speech and irony in T. Flavius Josephus -- Contradiction or counterpoint? : Josephus and historical method -- Josephus and Judea -- Jews, Judeans, judaizing, Judaism : problems of categorization in ancient history -- Pharisees in the narratives of Josephus -- The philosophy of Josephus's Pharisees -- The Essenes of Josephus's Judean War : from story to history -- Christian origins -- Paul's announcement : "good news" and its detractors in earliest Christianity -- "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel" (Rom. 1:16) : the Gospel and the first readers of Romans -- Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees, and Sanhedrin in Luke-Acts and Josephus.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-408) and indexes.

Introduction / by Steve Mason -- Josephus : interpretation and history -- Josephus as authority for first-century Judea -- Of audience and meaning : reading Josephus's Judean War in the context of a Flavian audience -- Figured speech and irony in T. Flavius Josephus -- Contradiction or counterpoint? : Josephus and historical method -- Josephus and Judea -- Jews, Judeans, judaizing, Judaism : problems of categorization in ancient history -- Pharisees in the narratives of Josephus -- The philosophy of Josephus's Pharisees -- The Essenes of Josephus's Judean War : from story to history -- Christian origins -- Paul's announcement : "good news" and its detractors in earliest Christianity -- "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel" (Rom. 1:16) : the Gospel and the first readers of Romans -- Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees, and Sanhedrin in Luke-Acts and Josephus.

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