Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome investigates the problem
of contemporary historiography and regime representation in Flavian
Rome through a close study of a text not usually read for such
purposes but which has obvious promise for a study of this theme,
the Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. Having surveyed the evolution
of our conception of Josephus' relationship to Flavian power, taken
a broad account of issues of political expression and regime
representation in Flavian Rome outside Josephus and examined
questions relating to the structure and date of the work, Davies
provides a series of thematically-focused readings of the three
senior members of the Flavian family, Vespasian, Titus, and
Domitian, as represented by their contemporary and client Josephus.
Key topics explored include the level of independence of Josephus'
vision, his work's relationship to how the regime is depicted in
other contemporary sources, how Josephus makes the Flavians serve
his own agenda (which is distinct from the heavy focus of much
previous scholarship on how Josephus served their agenda), and the
viability and usefulness of certain types of reading practices
relating to figured critique which have recently become influential
in Josephan scholarship. The book offers a new approach to
Josephus' relationship to the Flavian Dynasty and sheds new light
on contemporary historiography and political expression in the
Early Principate.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Davies
(Lecturer in Ancient History)
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-888299-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-19-888299-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780198882992 |
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