Josephus, Paul, and the Fate of Early Christianity - History and Silence in the First Century

This book explores Josephus's silences as a historian of Jewish life and of early Christianity and how his silences and omissions are similar to and different from the silences of other writers like Tacitus and Pliny the Younger, who lived in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian.

Table des matières

1. Josephus, Paul, and the Early Christians: Before and After 62 CE

2. Reading Josephus's Silences: Writing Paul Out of the Jewish Archives of the First Century

3. Josephus and Martial in Flavian Rome: The Rhetoric of Silence and the Language of Derision

4. Martial, Tacitus, Pliny, and Friends: Fear, Silence, Exile, and Death in Domitian's Rome

5. Paul, the Jewish Past, and the Roman Contexts of First Clement

A propos de l'auteur

By F. B. A. Asiedu

Résumé

This book explores Josephus’s silences as a historian of Jewish life and of early Christianity and how his silences and omissions are similar to and different from the silences of other writers like Tacitus and Pliny the Younger, who lived in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: F B Asiedu, F. B. Asiedu, F. B. A. Asiedu
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781978701342
• ISBN: 978-1-978701-34-2
• Pages: 404
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, Ancient Rome, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, European history: the Romans, Biblical Studies & Exegesis