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Title Reading the first century : on reading Josephus and studying Jewish history of the first century / Daniel R. Schwartz.
Author Schwartz, Daniel R., author.
Edition Unrevised paperback edition
Publisher Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Copyright ©2013


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Description xviii, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN 9783161533310 paperback : alkaline paper
Note Originally published: 2013.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction : who needs historians of the first century? -- Beneath the text : what text shall we read? -- Within the text : meaning in context -- Behind the text : Josephus' use of sources -- Among texts : rubbing sources together -- Above the texts : the big picture -- Appendix. The rules of the game in the study of ancient history ; An arbitrary selection of some books on historical method / Arnaldo Momigliano.
Series Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 300.
Subject Josephus, Flavius.
Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. -- Sources.
Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. -- Historiography.
First century, A.D. -- Historiography.
Other Author Momigliano, Arnaldo. Rules of the game in the study of ancient history.

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