Bibliography
| Title: Priester, Bandenchef, Geschichtsschreiber. Leben und Werk des Flavius Josephus Secondary Title: BiKi Volume: 53 Pages: 50-54 Type: Journal Article Year: 1998 Abstract: Hieke, Thomas in: OTA 21.3 (1998), 510: "In this introductory essay, K. gives a brief survey of Josephus' life and the literary work. Josephus was a priest and a commander of a band of Jewish soldiers in the war of the Jews against the Romans beginning in the year 66 C.E. He got captured by the Romans and promised Vespasian that he would become emperor of Rome. When Vespasian was proclaimed emperor in 69 C.E., Josephus was set free. Together with Vespasian's son Titus, Josephus witnessed the fall of Jerusalem in 70. Convinced that the Roman Empire was the legitimate ruler of the world, Josephus wrote his history of the Jewish War in Rome. Many years later he published a lengthy history of the Jewish people (Antiquities) and a defense of the Jewish religion (Contra Apionem), as well as an autobiography (Vita Josephi)".
Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 43.1 (1999), 121: "Until the 19th century Josephus was the most widely read historian of antiquity, and his works were regarded as the historical commentary to the NT. This introduction to Josephus' life and work discusses his birth into a priestly family, his activities during and after the Jewish War, and his major writings. [The same issue contains F. Siegert's report on the Münster Josephus-Projekt (pp.87-88) and a description of L. Feuchtwanger's 1932 novel Der jüdische Krieg (pp.89-91), as well as reviews of several books on Josephus (pp.92-102)". Keywords: Examination of the Complete work, Jos as historian |