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The Jewish War describes the history of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE). This study deals with one of this work's most intriguing features: why and how Flavius Josephus, its author, describes his own actions in the context of this conflict in such detail. Glas traces the thematic and rhetorical aspects of autobiographical discourse in War and uses contextual evidence to situate Josephus’ self-characterisation in a Flavian Roman setting. In doing so, he sheds new light on this Jewish writer’s historiographical methods and his deep knowledge and creative use of Graeco-Roman culture.
Price: $120.00
Pages: 272
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire
Publication Date:
30 May 2024
ISBN: 9789004697638
Format: Hardcover
"This “historiographical analysis of autobiographical discourse in the Judaean War” is welcome, not only as a valuable contribution to our deeper understanding of the fascinating narratives of Josephus themselves, but also as a clear reminder that Josephus’ writings belong within the corpus of Greek and Roman literature."
Willem den Hollander, in BMCR 2025.05.31
"Overall, EG has produced a valuable, perceptive and persuasive reading of the autobiographical element of the Jewish War which is extensively and carefully contextualised in the light of the broader literary culture of its age."
Jonathan Davies, in Histos 18 (2024)
"Nichtsdestoweniger legt die Arbeit von Glas wichtige Horizonte der Arbeitsweise des jüdischen Historikers und die Vielschichtigkeit seiner Aussageabsichten offen. Damit koloriert Glas erfolgreich eine der Facetten der Identität des Flavius Iosephus."
Christopher Decker, in H-Soz-Kult 24.03.2025
Eelco Glas, Ph.D. (2020, University of Groningen), is a postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University. His research focuses on Jewish literary culture in the context of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean.