Josephus Sites
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The Works of Flavius Josephus - The complete text of the Whiston translation. The Works of Josephus in Greek - The original texts courtesy of the Perseus Project , with search capability and vocabulary and word frequency analysis. Flavius Josephus - York University site for the scholarly study of Josephus, managed by Professor Steve Mason . Contents include information about the Brill Josephus Project and papers presented at the Josephus Seminars of the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Josephus Bibliography On-Line: Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum -
Continually updated compilation of scholarly references on Josephus. The
Institute states: "The complete relevant literature on Flavius Josephus is
being systematically registered and bibliographically processed with the goal
of providing an electronic bibliography." See the Institute's
English-language home page. (Otherwise this is a multilingual site,
which the reader may wish to translate using
Systran at Alta Vista.)
Josephus Biography - An excellent exposition of Josephus' life, by Mahlon H. Smith of Rutgers University. Part of his Perspective on the World of Jesus site, which has many other fine articles. Josephus
Biography - Catholic encyclopedia article.
Jerusalem Vert Øydelagd - Norwegian Josephus page by Kåre Fuglseth, including translated extracts from the Jewish War. Josephus Manuscripts
- An illustrated guide to manuscripts of Josephus over the centuries, from the
collection of the Library of Canada.
The Credibility of Josephus by Magen Broshi. A comparison of Josephus with the archaeological evidence, demonstrating the overall correctness of Josephus' descriptions of physical sites. (Posted at The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.) Descriptions
of the Jerusalem Temple in Josephus and the Temple Scroll by Lawrence
H. Schiffman. Studies on the ancient descriptions of the Jerusalem Temple
have usually attempted to establish a correspondence between Josephus' accounts
and the Temple plan found in tractate Middot of the Mishnah. In
this article, Professor Schiffman reads Josephus independent of mishnaic
material and compares Josephus' descriptions to those found in the Temple
Scroll found at Qumran. (Posted at The Orion Center for the
Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.)
Philosophia In Graeco-Roman Society, Judaism, and Early Christianity -
Steve Mason on Josephus' portrayal of Judaism as a philosophy.
Josephus' Vita and
the Encomium: A Native Model of Personality - A study of what the
ancients considered worth knowing about a person and Josephus' use of these
conventional categories in his autobiography, by Jerome H. Neyrey of the
University of Notre Dame.
Josephus Unbound - Reopening the Josephus Question -- A thoroughly researched presentation by Earl Doherty of the arguments against the authenticity of Josephus' references to Jesus. The Debate on Josephus' description of Jesus - A summarization of past scholarship on the question by Peter Kirby, including many extracts from the literature. The
Pharisees - In-depth article about the Pharisees in Josephus'
work; part of the Ecole Initiative.
Flavius Josephus as an
Historian
Theophilus by Richard H. Anderson - This article examines whether "the most excellent Theophilus" of the Gospel of Luke can be identified with Theophilus the High Priest described by Josephus. (Previously published in Evangelical Quarterly.)
The Procurators of Judaea - Easy-to-read introduction to the Roman
administrators of Judaea in the First Century, using Josephus as the principal
source.
Gamala - Excavation of the city of Gamala, which Josephus fortified while commander of Galilee. The ruins show graphic evidence of the Roman victory and confirmation of Josephus' account. Masada (Frontline/PBS Television) - Description of the remains of the fortress of Masada, the last stronghold of the revolt, and what they tell us about the credibility of Josephus, who gave a detailed account of its last days. Dead Sea - Qumran Community - Archaeology of the Qumran site on the Dead Sea, usually identified with the Essene community described by Josephus in War 2.8.1-12 120-161 and Antiquities 18.1.5 18-22. Amphora Coins - Numismatist David Hendin provides pictures of ancient Jewish coins on his web site. These verify the account of the rulers of Judaea during the later Second Temple period given by Josephus. Ancient Jewish Coins at Gilai
- A new web site offering Jewish coins and collectibles. Recommended especially
for its many pictures of ancient Jewish coins.
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies - Well-organized directory of links to web sites devoted to Bible-related studies. New Testament Gateway - A comprehensive site that keeps up with the latest in New Testament research, created by Professor Mark Goodacre . Society of Biblical Literature Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (and other Sheffield Academic Press journals) The Ecole Initiative: Early Church Documents The Book of Acts in its First-Century Setting
Pseudeprigrapha: Ethiopian Texts - Books outside of the Biblical canon
which Josephus knew of and used in his own accounts of Jewish history.
WebNexus - An
annotated guide to web sites studying Early Judaism and Christianity.
Liddel-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek The Gramcord Institute - Greek Language Links Perseus Greek
Texts and Translations
The Tragedy of Mariamme Home Page - All about Elizabeth Carey's play, the first English Renaissance tragedy written by a woman. It was based on Josephus' story of Mariamme . The Josephus Math Problem - The famous math problem based on Josephus' suicide pact at the fall of Jotapata. This site has a Java applet demonstration. |
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