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Josephus Flavius against the background of Jewish historiography
No full textJosephus Flavius is a controversial person: on the one hand, he is faithful to the ideals represented by his own nation, and admires the history of Israel; on the other hand, he is an eager servant of Rome. In this paper, the author presents the works by J. Flavius as extremely important for exploring both the history and cultural output of ancient Israel. The paper consists of four parts. In the first part, the author presents the person and the works by Flavius, and in the second part, the following works by Flavius are analysed: De Bello Judaico, Antiquitates Judaicae, Contra Apionem, Vita. In the third part, an attempt is made to evaluate his output, and in the last part, the author presents an outline of works on Jewish history as well as selected apocrypha of the Old Testament related to Josephus Flavius
A career reconstruction of Titus Flavius Agricola
No full textTit Flavije Agrikola obnašao je municipalnu službu u Saloni, Ekvu, Rideru i Splonumu te jedan vojnički položaj u X. legiji Gemini. Kako u znanstvenoj literaturi postoje različite rekonstrukcije Agrikoline karijere, cilj ovoga rada je, u svjetlu novih spoznaja, odrediti točan redoslijed obnašanja pojedinih
funkcija, uz nezaobilaznu analizu konteksta u kojem se podiže spomenik.The author presents the problems related to the inscription CIL 3, 2026, which recorded cursus honorum of Titus Flavius Agricola. By detailed analysis of the inscription, as well as a scientific discussion on prominent military and municipal functions, the life and career of Titus Flavius Agricola were chronologically reconstructed. The key point is the fact that the inscription CIL 3, 2087 dedicated to the decurio of Salona Titus Vetius Augustalis, who held also the duties of quaestor, aed l and duovir, is engraved on the same monument. Comparing the careers of Titus Flavius Agricola and Titus Vetius Augustalis, the author concluded that the function of prefect and patron of a collegium fabrum, which were
held by both, was crucial for the erection of the monument. Because of this statement, the paper also discusses abouth the organization and meaning of the collegium fabrum and concludes that collegium was a professional association, presented throughout the municipalities of the Empire, with a very complex internal structure. The top of the collegium
consisted of high-ranking persons, very often from the equestrian rank, acting as patron and prefect. Flavius Agricola and Vetius Augustal also belonged to this category, to whom their collegium fabrum engraved inscriptions on a common monument in Salona, at the time that Augustal was still an active patron of the collegim, while Agricola's patronage was commemorated retrograde
The literary phenomenon of 'conflation’ in the reworking of Paul’s letter to the Colossians by the author of the letter to the Ephesians
No full textThis thesis is concerned with the nature of the relationship of the Letter to the Ephesians (Eph) to Paul's Letter to the Colossians (Col).The first three chapters seek to argue that this relationship should be designated as "literary dependent". In Chapter I the suggestion made by A.T. Lincoln (Dallas [Texas], 1990) that the contemporary redaction of the Letter of Aristeas by Josephus in his Jewish Antiquities, Book XII, §§ 11-118 is similar to the use the author of Eph made of Col, is exposed to critical review. Chapter II focuses on the phenomenon of repeated 'conflation' in Eph. This literary phenomenon entails that several 'Colossian' texts from different parts of Col are conflated by the author of Eph into one passage and is subjected to exhaustive analysis. It is argued that conflation is the main feature of the literary dependence of Eph on Col but does not occur in Josephus' reworking of the Letter of Aristeas. Chapter III continues the comparison between the method of reworking employed in the Jewish Antiquities and in Eph by pointing out that the fluctuation in verbatim agreement of one document with its source can be meaningful. Chapter IV provides the new synopsis of both letters on which the whole examination is based. This synoptic overview is a desideratum since the previous synoptic editions of the Greek text of both letters by E.J. Goodspeed (Chicago, 1933) and C.L. Mitton (Oxford, 1951) are not accurate enough and unsuitable for research that focuses on the conflations of 'Colossian' verses in Eph. The fifth and last chapter deals with the question why Eph is literary dependent on Col and shows that despite the literary dependence, the theology of Eph is distinctive in comparison with its source Col. The distinctiveness of Eph's theology consists in a critical modification of the stress which Col places on Christ's already accomplished victory over the cosmic powers (Co/ 2.15). In order to safeguard an authoritative reception of his modification of Col, the author of Eph presented his letter as the parallel letter of Col alluded to m Col 4.16. The literary dependence on Col is necessary both to modify its content and to present his own writing as its parallel letter
The Apology about Antiquity of Jewish Constitution by Flavius Josephus
No full textAutor se ve své studii zabývá židovským pojetí ústavy Flavia Josefa v kontextu řecké diskuse o původu ústavních zřízení zákonů a starobylosti.The author deals with Jewish constitution formulated by Flavius Josephus wihin the Greek debate about the origins of constitutions and antiquity
Flavius Theodovius Valila
No full textThe article is devoted to the events of the 70s of the 5th cen­tu­ry AD, associated with the activities of the representative of the military and sena­torial aristocracy of the Western Roman Empire, Flavius Theodovius Valila. The texts and translations of the sources mentioning him are given, their evidence is considered in the context of the events of the epoch. The author put forward a hypothesis about Valila’s evasion from participation in the war between the em­peror Anthemius and the patrician Ricimer and about donating to the church the lands and buildings belonging to him in order to gain the patronage of Pope Simplicius
Josephus Flavius\u27 Bedeutung hinsichtlich der Topographie und Geographie der Levante in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit
No full textFlavius Josephus’ main works „Jewish War“ and „Jewish Antiquities“ are full of excurses on geography and topography of Palestine including information about economics, climate and society. These notes are mostly very precise and therefore seem to be the product of the author himself, who had broad knowledge of his country. Nevertheless they also contain some pieces of „ideal geography“, especially when they inform about the most important Jewish regions – as for example Galilee or Jerusalem – or the merits of Herod the Great. All in all they are a very important source about the geography of Palestine during Roman period
Józef Flawiusz na tle historiografii żydowskiej
No full textJosephus Flavius against the background of Jewish historiography
Josephus Flavius is a controversial person: on the one hand, he is faithful to the ideals represented by his own nation, and admires the history of Israel; on the other hand, he is an eager servant of Rome.
In this paper, the author presents the works by J. Flavius as extremely important for exploring both the history and cultural output of ancient Israel. The paper consists of four parts. In the first part, the author presents the person and the works by Flavius, and in the second part, the following works by Flavius are analysed: De Bello Judaico, Antiquitates Judaicae, Contra Apionem, Vita. In the third part, an attempt is made to evaluate his output, and in the last part, the author presents an outline of works on Jewish history as well as selected apocrypha of the Old Testament related to Josephus Flavius
Flavius Josephus op de sofa?:Het karakter van Josephus tentoongesteld in Uit mijn leven
No full textUntil recently, scholars have mainly studied the autobiographical practices of Flavius Josephus to recover the life and thought of this Jewish author. The controversial aspects of Josephus’ life story have resulted in a clear bias of some scholars against this Jewish historian and doubts about his motives for writing so elaborately about his past. The present article breaks with this trend by offering a literary analysis of Josephus’ self-presentation as author of, and literary character in, the Life, an autobiographical text which was originally appended to the Jewish Antiquities. First, I discuss the nature of character (ἦθος) in ancient rhetoric and its potential relevance for interpreting historiographical texts. Using this interpretive framework, I examine several key passages from the Life – in particular the apologetic digression addressed to Justus and the inhabitants of Tiberias – and interpret these in light of the literary relationship of the Life with the Antiquities and the claims to authority Josephus advances in that text
Aegesippi historiographi fidelissimi ac disertissimi et inter Christianos antiquissimi historia. De bello Iudaico. Scęptri sublatione. Iudęorum dispersione. Et Hierosolymitano excidio. A diuo Ambrosio Mediolanen[si]. Antistite e Græca Latina facta. Cum eiusdem Anacephaleosi et tabellis congruentiarum cum Iosephi libris etiam de gestis Macchabeorum. Premisso iam primu[m] indice: Alphabetica serie ab Ascensio collecto.
No full textA free translation of Flavius Josephus's "De bello Judaico" by an anonymous author, the so-called HegesippusDrukkersmerk op titelbladImpressum uit colofon f. L1r: ad calendas IanuariasVander Haeghen, Ferdinand François ErnestMachiels, J. Catalogus van de boeken gedrukt vóór 1600 ; H 79Renouard, Ph. Badius; II, p. 486-488 ; Renouard, Ph. Imprimeurs; II, nr. 126Europeana-GoogleBook
Flavius Josephus’ Self-Characterisation in First Century Rome:A Historiographical Analysis of Autobiographical Discourse in the Judaean War
No full textThe Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in such detail. Glas traces the thematic and rhetorical aspects of autobiographical discourse in War and uses contextual evidence to situate Josephus’ self-characterisation in a Flavian Roman setting. In doing so, he sheds new light on this Jewish writer’s historiographical methods and his deep knowledge and creative use of Graeco-Roman cultur
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