Flavius Josephus: Judean War 2 (Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary)

545 Pages·2008·5.55 MB·English

by  Steve Mason

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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
VOLUME 1B
JUDEAN WAR 2
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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
translation and commentary
EDITED BY
STEVE MASON
VOLUME 1B
JUDEAN WAR 2
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
BY
STEVE MASON
with Honora Chapman
BRILL
LEIDEN (cid:129)BOSTON
2008
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This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Josephus, Flavius.
Judean war : translation and commentary / Steve Mason with Honora Chapman.
p. cm. — (Flavius Josephus : translation and Commentary ; v. 1b)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-16934-0 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Jews—History—168
B.C.-135 A.D. 2. Herod Agrippa I, King of Judea, 10 B.C.-44 A.D. 3.
Jews—Politics and government—To 70 A.D. I. Mason, Steve, 1957- II.
Chapman, Honora. III. Title. IV. Series.
DS122.7.J67 2008
933'.05—dc22
2008032466
ISBN 978 90 04 16934 0
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energy have brought innumerable benefi ts to his colleagues at York University
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CONTENTS
List of Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
War 2: Preface and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Text and Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Critical Editions of Fragmentary Texts Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Index of Ancient Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Index of Ancient Persons and Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Index of Modern Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
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viii series preface
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LIST OF MAPS
Map of Judea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Map of Caesarea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Map of Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
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