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Why did ancient historians include geographical descriptions in their historical works? How does the spatial description fulfill its goal? In this book, Yuval Shahar discusses these two questions, showing that the answers depend on the particular historian and the genre in which he is writing. He analyzes and compares the presentation of geographical space in the writings of Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius and Strabo, with selected illustrations from early Latin historiography. It is clear from this that Flavius Josephus consciously and definitively follows the generic approach of Polybius and Strabo. Awareness of these generic characteristics enables a new reading of some of Josephusż most famous descriptions, such as Jotapata, Gamala and Masada, and establishes his credibility.

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Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Religion/Theologie Bibelausgaben Textausgaben, Konkordanzen

• Full title: Josephus Geographicus
• Author: Yuval Shahar
• Language: German
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 314
• EAN: 9783161482564
• ISBN: 3161482565
• ID: 12572778
• Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
• Weight: 611 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 162 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. March 2004

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