Why Josephus Matters
Steve Mason on Flavius Josephus If we leave biblical and New Testament authors out of the frame, Flavius Josephus (37–100+ CE) was the
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Josephus
An Invented Revolution – By Jonathan Klawans
Jonathan Klawans in the Jew and Judean Forum Many learned colleagues have written detailed analyses of these matters and I’ve been asked to explain my view.
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The Different Tasks of Translators and Historians – By Daniel R. Schwartz
Daniel R. Schwartz in the Jew and Judean Forum The question whether we should use “Jew” or “Judean” when writing about antiquity should, I
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Ancient Jews or Judeans? Different Questions, Different Answers – By Steve Mason
Steve Mason in the Jew and Judean Forum In 2006, when the first volumes of Brill’s Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary had appeared, an
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Ioudaios before and after “Religion” – By Annette Yoshiko Reed
Annette Yoshiko Reed in the Jew and Judean Forum When did the Greek term ioudaios come to mean “Jew”? The debate surrounding this question
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The Vanishing Jews of Antiquity – By Adele Reinhartz
How should one translate the Greek term ioudaios? As a young girl in 1950s and 60s Toronto, I attended the Workmen’s Circle Peretz School
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Tessa Rajak talks to Timothy Michael Law about the Reception of Josephus
Now one of the most distinguished (and ebullient) historians of ancient Jewish culture, Tessa Rajak burst onto the scene in the early 1980s
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