FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS

Life of Josephus

TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY

STEVE MASON

Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Boston • Leiden
2003

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Josephus, Flavius.

[Vita. English]

Life of Josephus / translation and commentary by Steve Mason.

p. cm.

Originally published as v. 9 of Flavius Josephus, translation and commentary

(Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2001).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-391-04205-X

1. Josephus, Flavius. 2. Jewish historians—Biography. 3. Jews—History—Rebellion, 66–73. 4. Josephus, Flavius. Vita. I. Mason, Steve, 1957– II. Title. France. 11. Humanists—Italy. I. Title.

DS115.9.J6A3 2003

933’.05’092—dc21

[B]

2003049585

ISBN 0-391-04205-X

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I dedicate this volume to my esteemed colleague, Professor Paul Swarney. His encouragement was early, enthusiastic, and unrelenting.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Series Preface

Introduction to the Life of Josephus

Translation and Commentary

Appendix A: Galilean Archaeology

Maps

Roman Empire of the First Century of the Common Era

Syria, Judea, and the Galilee During the Reign of Herod the Great

Appendix B: Josephus Itinerary in the Life

Appendix C: Life / War Parallels

Appendix D: Hapax Legomena in the Life

Appendix E: Photius, Bibliotheca 33, on lustus of Tiberias

Bibliography

Indices

Greek Words

Ancient Texts

Modern Authors

Persons and Places

Subject Index

Abbreviations

In general, this volume adopts the abbreviations of the SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies, ed. Patrick H. Alexander et al. (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1999). Additional abbreviations are as follows.

BJP Brill Josephus Project. Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, gen. ed. Steve Mason (Leiden: Brill, 2000–).

IGR Inscriptiones Graecae ad Romanas Pertinentes, ed. René Cagnat, 1964 [1911] (Rome: L’Erma).

ILS Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, ed. Hermann Dessau (Dublin: Weidmann, 1974 [1892]).

Plutarch Essays from the Moralia are cited as Mor. nnnL, rather than by specific essay title as in the SBL Handbook.

RMD Roman Military Diplomas, by Margaret M. Roxan (London: Institute of Archaeology, 1978–).

Schürer-Vermes Emil Schurer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ. Revised edition, 3 vols. in 4, ed. Geza Vermes, Matthew Black, et al. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1979–87).