THE HISTORICAL METHOD OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
by
PERE VILLALBA I VARNEDA
LEIDEN
E. J. BRILL
1986
Copyright 1986 by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
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uxori adamatae,
Georgio, Michaeli, Iohanni,
filiis dilectissimis.
I. The theory of historical cause
A. The concept of historical cause in Flavius Josephus:
B. The aetiological question on the human plane:
2. The wars of the people of Israel
3. The historical subject as cause
C. The aetiological question on the transcendent plane:
1. Diversity of the transcendent concept in Flavius Josephus
δαιμόνιον / δαιμόνιος / δαίμων
2. Events mysterious in nature
3. Biblical God and historical event
a. Direct speeches in the Bellum Judaicum
b. Direct speeches in the Antiquitates Judaicae
c. Indirect speeches in the Bellum Judaicum
d. Indirect speeches in the Antiquitates Judaicae
C. The personal elements in Flavius Josephus:
2. Ethical and philosophical reflexions
III. Conclusions: The methodology of Flavius Josephus
B. Historiographic explanation
E. Historiographic attitude and impartiality
El fenomen cultural és fruit de nombroses voluntats. En aquest sentit, l’anàlisi d’un aspecte del fenomen cultural esdevindrà molt complexa. Per tot això l’investigador s’haurà de plantejar, en primer lloc, el mètode que sigui més convenient per assolir els seus objectius.
Nosaltres hem intentat fer una anàlisi exhaustiva i profunda dels elements que vertebren l’obra de Flavi Josep. Com que l’objectiu que ens havíem proposat era l’estudi del mètode històric de Flavi Josep, hem hagut d’estudiar les estructures dels elements històrics i hem procurat de situar-los en una perspectiva historiogràfica, indicant, a vegades, l’ús que han tingut en els historiadors que l’havien precedit. Historicisme i estructuralisme formals, doncs, han estat per a nosaltres uns instruments vàlids per aconseguir el nostre objectiu: com escriu Flavi Josep la seva obra històrica.
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About The Historical Method of Flavius JosephusIn this important volume, Varneda investigates and analyzes all of the historiographical problems present in the works of Flavius Josephus. By taking this broader, holistic perspective, Varneda seeks to present an exhaustive analysis of Josephus' strategy as a historian. Varneda divides his study into three major sections. The first examines historical causation in Josephus' historical works in relation to Josephus' conceptual and philosophical perspective on human and divine causation in history. Building on the question of causation, section two takes a look at Josephus' approach to narrating history, including the manner in which he characterizes historical personages, creates speeches for the major historical players, and presents the chronology of events and the geography of his Greco-Roman setting. Both sections one and two include comparisons of Josephus' work with previous and contemporary historians of the Greco-Roman world. Finally, section three attempts to summarize and synthesize, where Varneda proposes that Josephus writes "pragmatic history," which he defines as an account that prioritizes historical events of political value over all others. |
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