Josephus Geographicus

The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus

By (author) Yuval Shahar

Extent: 314 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies

Series: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2004)

ISBN: 9783161482564

6.38 x 9.33 inches

Price: $179.00

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Why did the ancient historian include a geographical description in his historical work? How does the spatial description fulfil its goal? The first part of the book deals with the answers to these questions as reflected in the historical writings of the famous Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Strabo, and Latin historians such as Tacitus. In the second part, Yuval Shahar analyzes the many geographical and topographical descriptions in the writings of Flavius Josephus, and sets them against the different classical generic approaches.

Why did ancient historians include geographical descriptions in their historical works? How does the spatial description fulfill its goal? In this book, Yuval Shahar discusses these two questions, showing that the answers depend on the particular historian and the genre in which he is writing. He analyzes and compares the presentation of geographical space in the writings of Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius and Strabo, with selected illustrations from early Latin historiography. It is clear from this that Flavius Josephus consciously and definitively follows the generic approach of Polybius and Strabo. Moreover, Josephus’ descriptions of parts of the Land of Israel are structured in the same way as the descriptions in Strabo’s Geography , and reflect a hidden dialogue between Josephus and Strabo.Awareness of these generic characteristics enables a new reading of some of Josephus’ most famous descriptions, such as Jotapata, Gamala and Masada, and establishes his credibility.

By (author) Yuval Shahar

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