... historian Flavius Josephus’s appropriation of apocalyptic traditions, and early Jewish novels. apocalyptic literature otherworldly journeys apocalyptic literature and prophecy apocalyptic literature and 2 Baruch 1 Enoch 4 Ezra Collins John J Daniel allusive anthologizing of scripture in Han Jin Hee...

..., complex narratives found in the historical writings of Flavius Josephus, the writings of the Apostle Paul, Gospel narratives of Jewish opposition to Jesus, and the classical rabbinic writings from the Mishnah to the Babylonian Talmud. The chapter concludes that Pharisees of the first century c.e...

...Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation. C.D. Elledge, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190274580.003.0006 The voluminous writings of Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus depict the intellectual interests and political...

....” ³⁸ Hurston’s search for the true Herod necessarily included the writings of the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (ca. 37–ca. 100 C.E.), who is considered the primary extant historical source. Other ancient accounts of Herod’s life, such as “The Commentaries of Herod the Great...

... methodological assumptions and involves some serious difficulties. While the sectarians left a relatively large textual inheritance of their literary creation, all present day knowledge of the Pharisaic halakhah stems from indirect sources. These include the writings of Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria...

...The biblical narrative of King Saul has been received and interpreted in the Western post-biblical tradition in several eras and genres. Included here are Flavius Josephus’s interpretation of it; two musical renditions (Handel’s oratorio and Mussorgsky’s song); visual works by Rembrandt van Rinj...

...Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in which he wrote — Flavian Rome...

... focuses on two ancient authors, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Flavius Josephus, who had a great deal to say on local and universal history in different essays, and whose historical works, it has been argued, are the only extant local histories surviving from antiquity. References Abbreviations...

... Hagia Sophia hajj Mecca Alexander the Great Jewish Diaspora Hagia Sophia Holy Land Flavius Josephus Kingdom of Judah Judaism New Testament Old Testament C1.P1 Ancient Israel’s discovery of the One God and the religion that developed around that awareness were deeply influenced by the course...

... determinism in relation to Stoicism, Flavius Josephus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. It discusses determinism in apocalyptic literature such as the book of Daniel and the Testament of Abraham before turning to forms and expressions of deterministic ideas in the Dead Sea Scrolls. apocalyptic...

... Dido Jupiter Mercury Sibyl Turnus Underworld Calgacus Tacitus P Cornelius Asia Minor Augustus Carthage Flavius Josephus Cassius Longinus Punic Wars Tullius Cicero Rome was a warrior state. Its vast empire had been hard won in a series of fiercely fought campaigns. In the 4th century BC...

...This chapter assesses the place of writer Flavius Josephus in the Graeco-Roman and biblical or Jewish historiographical traditions. Josephus learned two separate, independent historiographical traditions—Greek and biblical—and combined them into unitary works of history. As a Jewish priest, self...

... text to Flavius Josephus’ historical works. What characterizes Zonaras’ method in his presentation of pre-Constantinian Roman history is his attempt to adapt the data he collects from his Roman sources, Cassius Dio’s Roman History and Plutarch’s Lives, to make them...