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Josephus, Judea, and Christian origins : methods and categories
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- Creator
- Steve Mason ; with the editorial assistance of Michael W. Helfield
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xx, 443 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781598562545, 1598562541
- OCLC
- ocn237325090
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-408) and indexes.
- Introduction / by Steve Mason -- Josephus : interpretation and history -- Josephus as authority for first-century Judea -- Of audience and meaning : reading Josephus's Judean War in the context of a Flavian audience -- Figured speech and irony in T. Flavius Josephus -- Contradiction or counterpoint? : Josephus and historical method -- Josephus and Judea -- Jews, Judeans, judaizing, Judaism : problems of categorization in ancient history -- Pharisees in the narratives of Josephus -- The philosophy of Josephus's Pharisees -- The Essenes of Josephus's Judean War : from story to history -- Christian origins -- Paul's announcement : "good news" and its detractors in earliest Christianity -- "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel" (Rom. 1:16) : the Gospel and the first readers of Romans -- Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees, and Sanhedrin in Luke-Acts and Josephus