ISBN:
9789004342040
,
9789004341821
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 265 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2017
Series Statement:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online$aCollection 2017
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 97
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Krause, Andrew R., author Synagogues in the works of Flavius Josephus
Keywords:
Josephus, Flavius
;
Synagogues History To 1500
;
Jews History 168 B.C.-135 A.D
;
Josephus, Flavius 37-100
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Synagoge
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Ideal Synagogue and Ancestral Customs in Antiquitates judaicae -- The Synagogue as Ideal Association and Historical People’s Assembly in Vita -- Synagogue as an Ideal Educational Institution in Contra Apionem -- Synagogue as (Contrived) Holy Place in Bellum Judaicum -- Conclusion: Synagogues in Josephus and His World -- Appendix: Essenes in the Writings of Josephus -- Bibliography -- Modern Author Index -- Ancient Source Index.
Abstract:
In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus , Andrew Krause analyses the place of the synagogue within the cultural and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus. Engaging with both rhetorical critical methods and critical spatial theories, Krause argues that in his later writings Josephus portrays the Jewish institutions as an important aspect of the post-Temple, pan-diasporic Judaism that he creates. Specifically, Josephus consistently treats the synagogue as a supra-local rallying point for the Jews throughout the world, in which the Jewish customs and Law may be practiced and disseminated following the loss of the Temple and the Land. Conversely, in his earliest extant work, Bellum judaicum , Josephus portrays synagogues as local temples in order to condemn the Jewish insurgents who violated them
DOI:
10.1163/9789004342040
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