JOSEPHUS,FLAVIUS. Pothou,Vassiliki. — Thukydides second-hand bei Flavius Josephus. Zur Rezeption thukydideischer Motive im Bellum Judaicum.

Leiden & Boston, Brill, [2023]. XXV,255 pp. 2 col. ills. Orig.. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 473). [ISBN: 978-90-04-54586-1]. - New unused copy !Josephus was a historian with a Jewish identity and a Hellenistic consciousness. He created his work on a classical basis and thus consciously moved between Judaism and Hellenism. He tried to find his own way through the Jewish-Hellenistic labyrinth. To what extent did Josephus respect his own ethnic identity as a Jew? To what extent does a protégé of the emperor deserve to be labeled a critical historian? The long shadow of Thucydides falls heavily on his work, which is why many stylistic and thematic parallels can be discovered. Josephus's reception of Thucydides represents an important source for the history of the dissemination of Thucydides' work in the first century AD.Josephus was a historian with a Jewish identity and a Hellenistic consciousness. He created his work on a classical basis and thus consciously moved between Judaism and Hellenism. He tried to find his own way through the Jewish-Hellenistic labyrinth. To what extent did Josephus respect his own ethnic identity as a Jew? To what extent does a protégé of the emperor deserve to be labeled a critical historian? The long shadow of Thucydides falls heavily on his work, therefore many stylistic and thematic parallels can be discovered. The reception of Thucydides by Josephus constitutes an important source for the history of the dissemination of Thucydidean work in the first century AD. - Text in German .- The official new price from the publisher is € 130.80