Representing the dynasty in Flavian Rome the case of Josephus' Jewish war Davies, Jonathan 1980- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2023 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource "This monograph investigates the problem of contemporary historiography and regime representation in Flavian Rome through a close study of a text not usually read for such purposes but which has obvious promise for a study of this theme, the Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. Having surveyed the evolution of our conception of Josephus' relationship to Flavian power, taken a broad account of issues of political expression and regime representation in Flavian Rome outside Josephus, and examined questions relating to the structure and date of the work, I will provide a series of thematically focused readings of the three senior members of the Flavian family, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, as represented by their contemporary and client Josephus. Key topics to be explored include the level of independence of Josephus' vision, his work's relationship to how the regime is depicted in other contemporary sources, how Josephus makes the Flavians serve his own agenda (which is distinct from the heavy focus of much previous scholarship on how Josephus served their agenda), and the viability and usefulness of certain types of reading practices relating to figured critique which have recently become influential in Josephan scholarship. The book offers a new approach to Josephus' relationship to the Flavian dynasty and sheds new light on contemporary historiography and political expression in the Early Principate"--Publisher's description. Intro -- Series page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Texts and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political Expression in Flavian Rome -- 2.1 Preliminary Observations on Publication and Censorship -- 2.2 Writing Politics in Flavian Rome -- 2.3 Conclusions -- 3. The Jewish War: Audience, Structure, and Date -- 3.1 Audience -- 3.2 Structure -- 3.3 Date -- 3.4 Conclusions -- 4. The Flavians in Jewish War 1-6 -- 4.1 Vespasian in Jewish War 1-6 -- 4.2 Titus in Jewish War 1-6 -- 4.3 Domitian in Jewish War 1-6 -- 5. The Flavians in Jewish War 7 -- 6. Conclusions -- 6.1 Josephus as Liar -- 6.2 Josephus as Panegyrist -- 6.3 Josephus as Propagandist -- 6.4 Josephus as Dissident -- 6.5 Josephus as Historian -- 6.6 Josephan Futures -- Bibliography -- Index Jonathan Davies. Includes bibliographical references and index. e------ aw----- ff----- Josephus, Flavius Rome History Flavians, 69-96 Historiography Jews History To 70 A.D Historiography Rome Histoire 69-96 (Flaviens) Historiographie Juifs Histoire Jusqu'à 70 Historiographie HISTORY Historiography Ancient & Classical LITERARY CRITICISM De bello Judaico (Josephus, Flavius) Historiography Rome (Empire) Archaeology History 69-96 fast DS115.9.J6 .D38 2023 937.07 Representing the dynasty in Flavian Rome Davies, Jonathan, 1980- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023] (DLC) 2023937490 (OCoLC)1374102868 Oxford classical monographs 0191991538 9780191991530 019888303X 9780198883036 9780198882992 0198882998 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/46750 YDX 221223 20260318164930.8 in00005697777 eng