Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 8: Judean Antiquities, Books 18-20

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These last three books of Josephus’s Antiquities detail Jewish history between the establishment of direct Roman rule in Judea in 6 CE and the outbreak of the Judean rebellion against Rome in 66 – a rebellion that culminated in 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. Along the way, these books also constitute the main source for the context in which Christianity was born. This volume offers a translation of Josephus’s Greek text, along with a commentary that aims to clarify the history to which Josephus testifies and also its meaning for him as an exiled Jerusalemite and rebel-turned-historian.

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Daniel R. Schwartz, Ph.D. (1979), is the Herbst Family Professor emeritus of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published monographs and translations on ancient Jewish history, including Reading the First Century: On Reading Josephus and Studying Jewish History of the First Century (Mohr Siebeck 2013).
Series Preface: The Brill Josephus Project
Foreword
Abbreviations
An Analytical Table of Antiquities 18–20

Introduction
 I Expectations
 II Disappointment
 III Nevertheless
 IV Intended Readership
 V Josephus and His Sources
 VI Text
 VII Translation
 VIII Annotations

MAPS
 Map of Roman Judea
 Map of the Arsacid Kingdom in the First Two Centuries CE

TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
Book 18
Book 19
 Introduction to Book 19
Book 20

APPENDICES
 1 Chronological Survey of the Roman Governors of Judea, 6–66 CE
 2 On Possibilities, Probabilities, and Simon Cantheras's Pedigree ( Ant. 19.297)
 3 An Ancient Table of Contents

Bibliography
Opening Note about the Indexes
Index of Subjects
Index of Ancient Persons and Places
Index of Modern Authors

Readers interested in Jewish history in the first century, which saw the rise of Christianity and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple; readers interested in the Jewish context of nascent Christianity; readers interested in the early Roman empire and its provinces; and readers interested in Josephus or more generally in ancient historiography .
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