FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
ON THE PHARISEES
A Composition-Critical Study
STEVE MASON
Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Boston • Leiden
2001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mason, Steve, 1957–.
Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees: a composition-critical study/by Steve Mason.
p. cm.
Originally published: Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1991. Studia post-
Biblical v. 39.
With additional material.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-391-04154-1
1. Josephus, Flavius—Views on Pharisees 2. Pharisees—
Historiography. I. Title
DS115.9.J6 M37 2001
296.8’12—dc21
2001043340
ISBN 0-391-04154-1
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For my parents,
Terry and Grace Mason
Chapter 1. Method in the Study of Pharisaic History
I. The Goal of Research on the Pharisees
II. The Sources for Research on the Pharisees
III. The Procedure of Research on the Pharisees
Chapter 2. Scholarly Interpretations of Josephus’s Pharisees
The Need for a New Study of Josephus’s Pharisees
Excursus: A Preliminary Assessment of Josephus as an Author
II. Josephus’s Literary Assistants
III. Christian Influence on the Text
PART II
THE PHARISEES IN THE JEWISH WAR
Chapter 3. Purpose and Outlook of the Jewish War
II. Exegesis of the Prologue to War
III. Josephus and the Ἀκρίβεια of History
Chapter 4. War 1:107–114: The Pharisees and Alexandra Salome, I
Chapter 5. War 1:571: The Pharisees at Herod’s Court, I
Chapter 6. War 2:162–166: The Pharisees among the Jewish Schools, I
II. Five Statements About the Pharisees
A. Reputation for Exegetical Prowess
III. Interpretation of War 2:162–166
PART III
THE PHARISEES IN THE JEWISH ANTIQUITIES
Chapter 7. The Purpose and Outlook of Antiquities
I. Preface and Dominant Themes
II. Relationship Between War and Antiquities
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About Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees: A Composition-Critical StudyRefocusing our attention from the personal character and psychological motives of Josephus (which we cannot know) to the work itself (which is before us), Steve Mason brings this crucial narrative to life in new historical and literary contexts. He shows that it is a carefully structured appendix to Josephus’ magnum opus, the Judean Antiquities, and that Josephus uses it to unashamedly celebrate his character according to the values and standards of his time. In the process, Josephus explains much about the geography of Galilee and about the social and political world of Judea in crisis. Most importantly, however, he emerges as a Judean statesman trying to communicate with his peers from other Mediterranean centers. |
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