Josephus, Judea, and Christian Origins Methods and Categories
- Massachusetts Hendrickson Publishers 2010
- 443p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part 1: Josephus: Interpretation and history 1: Josephus as authority for First-century judea .....7 2: Of audience and meaning: Reading Josephu`s Judean war in the context of a Flavian Audience .....45 3: Figured speech and Irony in T. Flavius josephus .....69 4: Contradiction or counterpoint? Josephus and historical method .....103 Part II: Josephus and judea 5: Jews, Judeans, Judaizing, Judaism: Problems of categorization in Ancient history .....141 6: Pharisees in the narratives of Josephus .....185 7: The philosophy of Josepnu`s pharisees ....217 8: The essenes of Josephu`s judean war: from story to history .....239 Part III: Christian origins 9: Paul`s announcement: Good news and its detractors in earliest christianity .....283 10: For i am not ashamed of the gospel (Rom1:16): The gospel and the first readers of romans ....303 11: Cheif priests, sadducees, pharisees, and sanhedrin in luke-acts and josephus ....329