Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War by Davies, Jonathan
Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War by Davies, Jonathan

Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War

Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome investigates the problem of contemporary historiography and regime representation in Flavian...
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Author: Jonathan Davies
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Language: English
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Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War by Davies, Jonathan

Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War

$368.89
Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War by Davies, Jonathan

Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War

$368.89
Author: Jonathan Davies
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome investigates the problem of contemporary historiography and regime representation in Flavian Rome through a close study of a text not usually read for such purposes but which has obvious promise for a study of this theme, the Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. Having surveyed the evolution of our conception of Josephus' relationship to Flavian power, taken a broad account of issues of political expression and regime representation in Flavian Rome outside Josephus and examined questions relating to the structure and date of the work, Davies provides a series of thematically-focused readings of the three senior members of the Flavian family, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, as represented by their contemporary and client Josephus. Key topics explored include the level of independence of Josephus' vision, his work's relationship to how the regime is depicted in other contemporary sources, how Josephus makes the Flavians serve his own agenda (which is distinct from the heavy focus of much previous scholarship on how Josephus served their agenda), and the viability and usefulness of certain types of reading practices relating to figured critique which have recently become influential in Josephan scholarship. The book offers a new approach to Josephus' relationship to the Flavian Dynasty and sheds new light on contemporary historiography and political expression in the Early Principate.

Author: Jonathan Davies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 11/18/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780198882992

About the Author
Jonathan Davies, Lecturer in Ancient History, Newcastle University

Jonathan Davies completed his D.Phil at Oxford in 2017, as holder of the Littman-Vermes scholarship at Wolfson College. Since then, he has taught classics, ancient history, classical languages, and Jewish studies at Birkbeck College London, Oxford, Maynooth University, and Newcastle University.
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