Josephus: noble sicarii suicide or mass slaughter at Mount Masada?
An attempt is made to ratiocinate historical events at Mount Masada in circa 74 C.E. as related by Josephus Flavius. Cohen (1982, 393) clearly sees Josephus as a mostly dishonest historian, one who happily exaggerates and embellishes his accounts. As a consequence of this rhetorical straitjacket tha...
| Published in: | Journal for semitics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Unisa Press
2019
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| In: |
Journal for semitics
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Masada
/ Zealots (Judaism)
/ Suicide
/ Killing
/ Slaughtering
/ Geschichte 74
/ Josephus, Flavius 37-100
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Mass-suicide
B Josephus B Sicarii B Masada |
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| Summary: | An attempt is made to ratiocinate historical events at Mount Masada in circa 74 C.E. as related by Josephus Flavius. Cohen (1982, 393) clearly sees Josephus as a mostly dishonest historian, one who happily exaggerates and embellishes his accounts. As a consequence of this rhetorical straitjacket that he places Josephus in, Cohen (for one) cannot accept Josephus’s Masada account as being an “unalloyed version of the truth.” The author analyses Josephus’s track record apropos his recording of other historical events and submits that, rhetorical strategies aside, the historian can largely trust Josephus’s accounts. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/4681 HDL: 10520/EJC-1a95b33f68 |