MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01860nam a22002778a 4500
001 2008031967
003 DLC
005 20080731161829.0
008 080721s2009 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008031967
020 $a9781598562545 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBR129$b.M377 2009
082 00 $a270.1$222
100 1 $aMason, Steve,$d1957-
245 10 $aJosephus, Judea, and Christian origins :$bmethods and categories /$cSteve Mason.
260 $aPeabody, Mass. :$bHendrickson Publishers, Inc.,$c2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / by Steve Mason -- Josephus : interpretation and history -- Josephus as authority for first-century Judea -- Of audience and meaning : reading Josephus's Judean War in the context of a Flavian audience -- Figured speech and irony in T. Flavius Josephus -- Contradiction or counterpoint? : Josephus and historical method -- Josephus and Judean society -- Jews, Judeans, judaizing, Judaism : problems of categorization in ancient history -- Pharisees in the narratives of Josephus -- The philosophy of Josephus's Pharisees -- The Essenes of Josephus's Judean War : from story to history -- Christian origins -- Paul's announcement : "good news" and its detractors in the first two Christian generations -- "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel" (Rom. 1:16) : the Gospel and the first readers of Romans -- Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees, and Sanhedrin in Luke-Acts and Josephus.
650 0 $aChristianity$xOrigin$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aJews$xHistory$y168 B.C.-135 A.D.$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.$xHistoriography.
600 10 $aJosephus, Flavius.
650 0 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.$xHistoriography.