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Martin Friis

Image and Imitation

Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and Greco-Roman Historiography
[Bild und Abbild. Josephus' Altertümer 1-11 und die griechisch-römische Geschichtsschreibung.]
2018. XIII, 242 pages.
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  • 978-3-16-156466-6
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Summary
In this work, Martin Friis examines the ancient Jewish author Flavius Josephus' various ways of self-presentation. He provides numerous examples of how in the first half of the Jewish Antiquities Josephus carefully constructs an image of himself as a capable and competent Greco-Roman historian.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe (WUNT II)