"International Josephus Colloguium, which took place in Trinity College Dublin in September 2004"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Robert Traill : the first Irish critic of William Whiston's translation of Josephus / Gohei Hata. Delving into the dark side : Josephus' foresight as hindsight / James S. McLaren -- Josephus' personality and the credibility of his narrative / Uriel Rappaport -- Masada in the 1st and 21st centuries / Honora Howell Chapman -- Josephus' attempt to reorganize Judaism from Rome / Etienne Nodet -- Composition and sources in Antiquities 18 : the case of Pontius Pilate / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Josephus and Strabo : the reasons for a choice / Alessandro Galimberti -- Geschichtsforschung als Apologie : Josephus und die nichtgriechischen Historiker in Contra Apionem / Niclas Förster -- Noble death in Josephus : just rhetoric? / Jan Willem van Henten -- Essenes and lurking Spartans in Josephus' Judean war : from story to history / Steve Mason -- What difference does philosophy make? : the three schools as a rhetorical device in Josephus / Gunnar Haaland -- Josephus and Antipas : a case study of Josephus' narratives on Herod Antipas / Morten Hørning Jensen -- Josephus and the Psalms of Solomon on Herod's messianic aspirations : an interpretation / Samuel Rocca -- Josephus as a source for economic history : problems and approaches / Jack Pastor -- Noble deaths at Gamla and Masada? : a critical assessment of Josephus' accounts of Jewish resistance in light of archaeological discoveries / Kenneth Atkinson -- The archaeological illumination of Josephus' narrative of the battles at Yodefat and Gamla / Mordechai Aviam -- Josephus and archaeology on the cities of the Galilee / Zeev Weiss -- Robert Traill : the first Irish critic of William Whiston's translation of Josephus / Gohei Hata.
Series:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 110
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