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| Title: Josephus, Pompey and the Jews Secondary Title: Historia Volume: 48 Pages: 94-118 Type: Journal Article Year: 1999 Abstract: Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 43.3 (1999), 541: "Josephus Antiquities 13:398-14:97 portrays the actions and motives of Pompey in Judea from the Roman perspective, whereas War 1:123-154 deals with them from the Jewish perspective. This alteration in viewpoint arose from the totally different sources that Josephus used - local Jewish sources for War; and for Antiquities, Nicolaus of Damascus, Strabo, and Livy. The pro-Roman line in Antiquities may be less reliable and should warn historians not to accept that Roman intervention in Judea was necessary or inevitable".
Hilhorst, A. in: JSJ 30.4 (1999), 471-472: "Conclusion: First, I have attempted to show that the Antiquitates portrays the actions and motives of Pompey in Judaea from the Roman perspective, whereas the Bellum deals with the Jewish view-point. Secondly, I have suggested that this alteration in perspective has arisen from the totally different types of sources used by Josephus for the two works: for the Bellum, local Jewish works; for the Antiquitates, Nicolaus of Damascus, Strabo and Livy. If these points are accepted, then the possibility arises of treating the two accounts by Josephus of the demise of the Hasmonaeans virtually as two separate sources. Which version is to be preferred is a question that obviously cannot be answered, but the pro-Roman line evident in the Antiqutitate surely hints that the later account is the less reliable and should warn historians not to accept that Roman intervention in Judaea was necessary or inevitable".
"Während Josephus den Sieg des Pompeius 63 v. Chr. im Bellum Iudaicum (1, 123-154) aus jüdischer Perspektive schilderte, stellte er dieselben Ereignisse in den Antiquitates Iudaicae (13, 398-14, 97) aus römischer Sicht dar. Man muss davon ausgehen, dass er für seinen ersten Bericht auf lokale jüdische Quellen zurückgriff, während er für den späteren römische Darstellungen benutzte". Keywords: Jewish History: Roman Era |