Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol II
Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol II

Author: John M. Duncan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 9004524053

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A detailed comparative analysis of speaker-audience interactions in Greek historiography, Josephus, and Acts that examines historians’ use of speeches as a means of instructing/persuading their readers and highlights Luke’s distinctive depiction of the apostles as adaptable yet frequently alienating orators.

Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I
Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I

Author: John M. Duncan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9004524037

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A detailed comparative analysis of speaker-audience interactions in Greek historiography, Josephus, and Acts that examines historians’ use of speeches as a means of instructing/persuading their readers and highlights Luke’s distinctive depiction of the apostles as adaptable yet frequently alienating orators.

Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome
Flavius Josephus' Self-Characterisation in First-Century Rome

Author: Eelco Glas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-05-30

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 9004697640

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The Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in such detail. Glas traces the thematic and rhetorical aspects of autobiographical discourse in War and uses contextual evidence to situate Josephus’ self-characterisation in a Flavian Roman setting. In doing so, he sheds new light on this Jewish writer’s historiographical methods and his deep knowledge and creative use of Graeco-Roman culture.