Synagogues in the works of Flavius Josephus : rhetoric, spatiality, and first-century Jewish institutions /

Synagogues in the works of Flavius Josephus : rhetoric, spatiality, and first-century Jewish institutions /

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Author / Creator:Krause, Andrew R., author.
Imprint:Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Description:xiv, 265 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, 1871-6636 ; volume 97
Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 97.
Subject:
Josephus, Flavius.
Josephus, Flavius.
Synagogues -- Palestine -- History -- To 1500.
Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Jews.
Synagogues.
Middle East -- Palestine.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11030230
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ISBN:9789004341821
900434182X
9789004342040
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and indexes.
Summary:"In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus, Andrew Krause analyses the place of the synagogue within the cultural and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus. Engaging with both rhetorical critical methods and critical spatial theories, Krause argues that in his later writings Josephus portrays the Jewish institutions as an important aspect of the post-Temple, pan-diasporic Judaism that he creates. Specifically, Josephus consistently treats the synagogue as a supra-local rallying point for the Jews throughout the world, in which the Jewish customs and Law may be practiced and disseminated following the loss of the Temple and the Land. Conversely, in his earliest extant work, Bellum judaicum, Josephus portrays synagogues as local temples in order to condemn the Jewish insurgents who violated them"--
Other form:Online version: Krause, Andrew R., author. Synagogues in the works of Flavius Josephus. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004342040

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