
Alan K. Bowman (ed.)
et al.
Published online:
31 January 2013
Published in print:
10 October 2002
Online ISBN:
9780191753947
Print ISBN:
9780197262764
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Josephus and his Sources in Ant. 14.77 and 17.227 Josephus and his Sources in Ant. 14.77 and 17.227
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Nicolas on Eleutheria Nicolas on Eleutheria
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Nevertheless: What Changed Between the Jewish War and the Antiquities? Nevertheless: What Changed Between the Jewish War and the Antiquities?
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It Took the Jews Time, But They Eventually Learned It Took the Jews Time, But They Eventually Learned
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Appendix: On Josephus’s Two Sources for His Archelaus Narrative Appendix: On Josephus’s Two Sources for His Archelaus Narrative
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BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Chapter
4 Rome and the Jews: Josephus on ‘Freedom’ and ‘Autonomy’
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Pages
65–81
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Published:October 2002
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SCHWARTZ, DANIEL R., 'Rome and the Jews: Josephus on ‘Freedom’ and ‘Autonomy’ ', in Alan K. Bowman, and others (eds), Representations of Empire: Rome and the Mediterranean World, Proceedings of the British Academy (London , 2002; online edn, British Academy Scholarship Online, 31 Jan. 2013), https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197262764.003.0004, accessed 5 May 2025.
Abstract
In Ant. 14. 77, speaking of the Roman conquest and dismemberment of the Hasmonean state in 63 bce, Josephus complains that ‘we lost our freedom and became subject to the Romans’. That is, eleutheria and Roman rule are incompatible. Three books later, however, at Ant. 17. 227, referring to the deliberations concerning the status of Judaea following Herod's death, Josephus refers to Jews who ‘desired freedom and to be placed under a Roman governor’. That is, eleutheria goes along fine with Roman rule. It is evident that two contradictory notions of freedom are at work in these passages, and this chapter investigates how Josephus could have written them both.
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