Flavius Josephus: The Jewish Wars

Cover: 9788028338596 | The Jewish Wars | Flavius Josephus | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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The Jewish Wars is the foundational ancient narrative of the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Written in a polished Greco-Roman historiographical mode, it combines eyewitness testimony, set speeches, ethnographic explanation, military analysis, and tragic moral reflection. Josephus frames the catastrophe not merely as conquest, but as the consequence of factional violence, failed leadership, and imperial power. Flavius Josephus was uniquely positioned to compose such a work. Born Yosef ben Mattityahu into a priestly aristocratic family in Jerusalem, he first served as a Jewish commander in Galilee before surrendering to the Romans and entering the patronage of the Flavian emperors. His divided loyalties, survival, and proximity to both Jewish tradition and Roman authority shape the book's apologetic urgency and interpretive complexity. This book is essential for readers interested in ancient history, biblical studies, Roman imperial politics, and the literary construction of catastrophe. It should be read critically, but never dismissed: Josephus remains our most indispensable witness to one of antiquity's defining crises.

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Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788028338596
ISBN-10:	8028338593
Sprache:	Englisch
Autor:	Josephus, Flavius
Übersetzung:	Whiston, William
Hersteller:	Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Flavius Josephus
Gewicht:	0,535 kg