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1) Josephus: the man and the historian

Author

Thackeray, H. St. J

Pub. Date

1967

Physical Desc

xxi, 160 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

2) Josephus in Galilee and Rome: his vita and development as a historian

Author

Cohen, Shaye J. D

Series

Columbia studies in the classical tradition

Pub. Date

1979

Physical Desc

xvi, 277 pages ; 25 cm.

Language

English

3) Josephus and the Jews: the religion and history of the Jews as explained by Flavius Josephus

Author

Foakes-Jackson, F. J

Pub. Date

1977

Physical Desc

xvi, 299 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

4) A Jew among Romans: the life and legacy of Flavius Josephus

Author

Raphael, Frederic

Pub. Date

2013

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xxvi, 336 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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"An audacious history of Josephus (37-c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world"--Dust jacket flap.

5) Josephus, the historian and his society

Author

Rajak, Tessa

Pub. Date

1984

Edition

1st Fortress Press ed.

Physical Desc

245 pages : map ; 23 cm

Language

English

6) Josephus, the emperors, and the city of Rome: from hostage to historian

Author

Den Hollander, William

Series

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity volume 86

Publisher

Brill

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

xi, 410 pages ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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In this book William den Hollander places under the microscope the Judaean historian's own account of the latter part of his life, following his first encounters with the Romans. Episodes of Josephus' life, such as his embassy to Rome prior to the outbreak of the 1st Judaean Revolt, his prophetic pronouncement of Vespasian's imminent rise to the imperial throne, and his time in the Roman prisoner-of-war camp, are subjected to rigorous analysis and...

7) The topical Josephus: historical accounts that shed light on the Bible

Author

Rogers, Cleon L

Pub. Date

1992

Physical Desc

238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

8) Flavius Josephus: eyewitness to Rome's first-century conquest of Judea

Author

Hadas-Lebel, Mireille

Pub. Date

1993

Physical Desc

xvi, 269 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Israel in revolution, 6-74 C.E: a political history based on the writings of Josephus

Author

Rhoads, David M

Pub. Date

1976

Physical Desc

viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

10) Josephus and Judaean politics

Author

Schwartz, Seth

Series

Columbia studies in the classical tradition

Pub. Date

1990

Physical Desc

x, 257 pages ; 25 cm.

Language

English

11) Josephus' description of the Essenes illustrated by the Dead Sea scrolls

Author

Beall, Todd S

Series

Monograph

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

200 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

12) Josephus: a historical romance

Author

Feuchtwanger, Lion

Pub. Date

1973

Physical Desc

530 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

13) Religion and resistance in early Judaism: readings in first Maccabees and Josephus

Author

Nordling, John G

Series

Concordia Greek reader

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

xxiii, 361 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

14) Josephus, the Jewish war ; newly translated with extensive commentary and archaeological background illustrations

Pub. Date

1982

Physical Desc

526 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Language

English

15) Josephus and the New Testament

Author

Mason, Steve

Physical Desc

248 pages : illustrations, maps, chronological table ; 22 cm

Language

English

16) Josephus, the Bible, and history

Pub. Date

1989

Physical Desc

473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

17) Josephus and the theologies of ancient Judaism

Author

Klawans, Jonathan

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

xiv, 373 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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Though considered one of the most important informants about Judaism in the first century CE, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus's testimony is often overlooked or downplayed. Jonathan Klawans's Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism reexamines Josephus's descriptions of sectarian disagreements concerning determinism and free will, the afterlife, and scriptural authority. In each case, Josephus's testimony is analyzed in light of his works'...