Judean war 4
Josephus wrote his most impactful history, "The Judean War", in seven volumes. The volume translated here and furnished with a full historical commentary, is pivotal. Filled with high drama and penetrating assessments of human behavior under extreme duress, it brings readers from Galilee a...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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Translation and commentary. (volume 2a)
Année: 2022 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Josephus, Flavius, 37-100, Translation and commentary. volume 2a, Judean war 4] (2022) (Maston, Jason, 1978 -)
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| Collection/Revue: | Josephus, Flavius 37-100, Translation and commentary.
volume 2a |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Josephus, Flavius De bello Judaico Liber 4
B Zealots (Jewish party) Early works to 1800 B Jews History Rebellion, 66-73 Early works to 1800 B Jews History 168 B.C.-135 A.D Early works to 1800 |
| Résumé: | Josephus wrote his most impactful history, "The Judean War", in seven volumes. The volume translated here and furnished with a full historical commentary, is pivotal. Filled with high drama and penetrating assessments of human behavior under extreme duress, it brings readers from Galilee and mass suicide at Gamala in the Golan to Vespasian's rise to imperial power. In between, Josephus explains how first John of Gischala and then Simon bar Giora came to be the two dominant figures in Jerusalem, setting up the siege of Titus. This volume also introduces the war's most famous antagonists: the Zealots (or Disciples) |
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| Description: | Bibliography: Seite 301-312 |
| ISBN: | 9004117083 |