The Sicarii in Josephus's "Judean War": Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations - Couverture rigide

Brighton, Mark; Brighton, M A

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004169202 ISBN 13 : 9789004169203

Editeur : Brill Academic Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive study of the Sicarii in Josephus's Judean War. Detailed rhetorical analyses are provided not only for the Masada narrative, where Josephus tells how the Sicarii famously committed suicide, but also for all other places in War where their activities are described or must be inferred from the context. The study shows how Josephus adopted the Sicarii in his narrative to develop and bring to a resolution several major themes in War. In a departure from the classical proposal that the Sicarii were an armed and fanatical off-shoot of the Zealots, this work concludes that from a historical perspective, Sicarii was a somewhat fluid term used to describe Jews of the Judean revolt who were associated with acts of violence against their own people for religious/political ends.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark Andrew Brighton is Associate Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Concordia University, Irvine, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004169202
• ISBN 13: 9789004169203
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
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• Personne responsable: non disponible