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1994 · 53186 — Leiden: E. J. Brill 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good . Octavo. 10 392 2pp. Index and 32 page bibliography. Text in English with some Hebrew & Greek added for emphasis. Blue cloth gilt publisher's device on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of Morton Smith. An ex-library copy with minimal rubber stamping on title & at bottom of text block and with the trace of a removed library pocket on rear pastedown. <br /> <br /> Josephus and the History of the Greco-Roman Period comprises a series of essays on the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus and on the history of the Second Temple period by many of the best-known specialists in the field. The contributions are revised versions of papers delivered at an international colloquium in memory of Professor Morton Smith that was held at San Miniato Italy in November 1992. The essays cover a broad range of historical and historiographical issues concerning the Seleucid Hasmonean Herodian and Roman periods for which the importance of Josephus — often our only extant source — can hardly be overestimated. Josephus' trustworthiness as a historian is newly investigated from various angles. Fresh light is thrown on philological literary geographical archaeological sociological and religious questions. The book includes a critical evaluation of Morton Smith's scholarly achievement. Publisher <br /> <br /> Contents: The πολιτεία politeia of Israel in the Graeco-Roman age / Lucio Troiani -- Ἰουδῖος τὸ γένος Ioudaios to genos and related expressions in Josephus / Shaye J.D. Cohen -- Josephus' portrayal of the Hasmoneans compared with 1 Maccabees / Louis H. Feldman -- Onias III' death and the founding of the Temple of Leontopolis / Fausto Parente -- Flavius Josephus historian of Rome / Mireille Hadas-Lebel -- Amalek in the writings of Josephus / Johann Maier -- John Hyrcanus I as seen by Josephus and other early Jewish sources / Clemens Thoma -- Ciò che Flavio Giuseppe vide : Josephus and the Essenes / Tessa Rajak -- Josephus Daniel and the Flavian house / Steve Mason -- Jerusalem the Akra and Josephus / Joseph Sievers -- Josephus on Hyrcanus II / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Josephus' description of the Jerusalem Temple : War Antiquities and other sources / Lee I. Levine -- The geographical excursuses in Josephus / Per Bilde -- Josephus' action in Galilee during the Jewish War / Giorgio Jossa -- Where was Josephus lying : in his Life or in the War / Uriel Rappaport -- Josephus in Galilee : rural patronage and social breakdown / Seth Schwartz -- Imagining some dark periods in Josephus' life / Gohei Hata -- Josephus as Roman citizen / Martin Goodman.OCLC <br /> <br /> Volume 41 of the Brill series "Studia Post-Biblica." S.P.-B. E. J. Brill hardcover