The Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus: A Biographical Investigation

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existing older book, then it would be possible after all that the expansion had been inserted after the death of [the person] to whom the first version of the work had been dedicated. 10 [25] Henceforth matters lie otherwise: by virtue of its twofold attack against Justus, the writing Contra Apionem is likewise dated to the period following 100 thereby eliminating any possibility of equating the Epaphroditus, to whom this writing was dedicated similarly to the Antiquities, with Nero’s freedman who was killed before the year 96. On the other hand, the Epaphroditus to whom Josephus dedicated his works is undoubtedly an outstanding character as is apparent from the forms of address κράτιστε ἀνδπῶν Ἐπαφρόδιτε (Life 430; Contra Apionem 1.1) and τιμιώτατέ μοι Ἐπαφρόδιτε (Contra Apionem 2.1), and unreliable as any identification based on equivalent name must be by its very nature, one may nonetheless expect from the outset to find our Epaphroditus among otherwise well-known characters of this name. Josephus describes his patron as a man who was devoted to every form of education, but who especially took pleasure in examining historical events because he himself had experienced so many vicissitudes in his life whereby he had distinguished himself throughout by physical strength and outstanding virtue. It was he who urged Josephus to compose the Antiquities, just as he always spurred the ambition of those who were able to accomplish something beautiful or beneficial (Ant. 1.8). But we must recognize in him the one who inspired the writing Contra Apionem as well; for it concludes with the significant words: “this and the preceding book have been composed for you who love the truth above all, and for your sake, for those who like you wish to learn something about our people” (2.296). 11 It follows from the ὁμοίως that Epaphroditus wished to learn something about the Jews; therefore he probably provided the inspiration. But it is more remarkable that Josephus should claim to have considered his larger 10 Such a case occurred, for example with Cornelius Nepos, whose book is extant in a second edition. It is dedicated to Atticus whose death is nonetheless assumed in additions (Hannibal 13.1; Atticus 19 ff.). Similarly, the chronicle of Apollodorus was published in 145 and dedicated to King Attalus who died in 138. Apollodorus then supplemented this work with an addition that extended at least to 120/19, and thus was not written down until after this point in time. Nevertheless this expanded work also remained dedicated to Attalus as we learn from [the fact] that Pseudo-Scymnus was acquainted on the one hand with the dedication to Attalus, on the other hand with the additions to the second edition (Jacoby, Philologische Untersuchungen 16.16); therefore both existed in the same manuscript. The basis upon which Jacoby’s incorrect assumptions are founded is invalidated by the reference to Nepos. 11 σοὶ δὲ Ἐπαφρόδιτε μαλιστα τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀγαπῶντι καὶ διὰ σὲ τοῖς ὁμοίως βουλησομένοις περὶ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν εἰδέναι τοῦτο καὶ τὸ πρὸ αὐτοῦ γεγράφθω βιβλίον. 26
public only for the sake of Epaphroditus (διὰ σὲ). Does he mean by this that the book was basically intended only for Epaphroditus, and now that it was already written “for [26] his sake” others should read it as well? Is this a politeness formula or does something else not lie behind it? In Suidas s.v. Ἐπαφρόδιτος῎῍ we learn of the scholarly grammarian Epaphroditus; he was a slave born in Chaeronea who arrived as such in the house of the Alexandrian grammarian Archias. Modestus, the governor of Egypt, purchased him and took him along to Rome to educate his son, where he granted him freedom; because an extant statue in the Villa Altieri in Rome bears the name M. Mettius Epaphroditus grammaticus graecus (CIL 6.9454). 13 According to Suidas, Epaphroditus engaged in outstanding activities in Rome under Nero until Nerva, at the same time that Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἡφαιστίωνος and many other τῶν ὀνομαστῶν ἐν παιδείᾳ were active there. This temporal association does not at first seem unambiguous; for the period during which Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἡφαιστίωνος himself was active is set under Trajan and Hadrian by Suidas himself s.v. Πτολεμαῖος. Therefore, if one were to force both statements, then Ptolemy and Epaphroditus would not be contemporaries, contrary to Suidas’ claim. To be sure, it is generally admitted that the phrase γεγονὼς ἐπί τε Τραϊανοῦ καὶ Ἁδριανοῦ τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων can in fact not be taken too narrowly, but the same must not be applied any less to the formula διέπρεψεν ἐπὶ Νέρωνος καὶ μέχρι Νέρβα. In his now-famous essay about γέγονε in the biographical notes of Suidas, Erwin Rohde has indicated that the datings in Suidas’ articles are to some extent completely schematic. (Kleine Schriften 1.130.) “Whoever cannot be easily dated to Trajan, will have to put up with being dated to Nero. Wherever a completely definitive fact cannot be firmly fixed, the reigns of Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva are hardly ever found to be used for identifying an author’s ἀκμὴ. This observation is correct, but [27] still requires an additional remark; for the very dating used in the article about Επαπηροδιτυσ ἐπὶ Νέρωνος καὶ μέχρι Νέρβα, which covers the omitted period of time [mentioned] by Rohde, recurs again elsewhere; certainly most significantly 14 in reference to Apollonius of Tyana. About him it is written καὶ ἤκμαζε μὲν ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου καὶ Γαΐου καὶ Νέρωνος καὶ μέχρι Νέρβα. If Suidas does not write here 13 Cf. page 28, footnote. 14 Cf. E. Rohde, loc. cit. page 119, note 2 concerning the dating of Διονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρεὺς that is related to this. 27
Page 1 and 2: RICHARD LAQUEUR THE JEWISH HISTORIA
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Page 11 and 12: life, the author refers to the [7]
Page 13 and 14: Had the Roman emperors, or whomever
Page 15 and 16: written better than all others, why
Page 17 and 18: argument (345 - 353) deals with the
Page 19 and 20: (Life 337), the unnamed author does
Page 21 and 22: suppose that they appear to be the
Page 23 and 24: in the Life that he had presented h
Page 25: 2. Josephus and Epaphroditus The di
Page 29 and 30: It is already clear according to th
Page 31 and 32: Josephus had not dedicated his firs
Page 33 and 34: us the answer. It was he who pushed
Page 35 and 36: We also understand, however, that J
Page 37 and 38: the intervening words “when I arr
Page 39 and 40: 32 - 42 and 64 ff. therefore do not
Page 41 and 42: have become aware of this problem,
Page 43 and 44: nothing. The best proof of this, be
Page 45 and 46: Ἰοῦστος καὶ ... συν
Page 47 and 48: the same fate as the other segments
Page 49 and 50: author inserts the reason for which
Page 51 and 52: presentation of the War did not yet
Page 53 and 54: complement — must appear the asse
Page 55 and 56: circumstances, he withholds the plu
Page 57 and 58: attack of the Dabarittans different
Page 59 and 60: with the War — in contrast, in 13
Page 61 and 62: sent to Josephus’ house from the
Page 63 and 64: went away, even though displeased,
Page 65 and 66: extremely severe action against thi
Page 67 and 68: 137 - 145: by the use of these the
Page 69 and 70: sections in comparison with War I,
Page 71 and 72: can now also determine when this ad
Page 73 and 74: τοῦ σώματος ἕνεκα
Page 75 and 76: Thus far things are quite clear. Bu
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the Life contains the earlier view.
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Life 99 and War 622 correspond to e
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[Josephus’] following of Tarichea
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wherever the Tiberians are spoken o
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Now that matters and their developm
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source is not necessarily the bette
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conducting the war against Rome. Ev
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set up “for future security”: h
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the old administrative report [in]
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they sent off the legation”; yet
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hold? It is understandable that Jos
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same situation as [the one] that Jo
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confront John with hostility. This
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threaten with death anyone who woul
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on the contrary, it follows as a co
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idea of the war κατ’ ἐξοχ
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ather the conflict between the Roma
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language the work that he has previ
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the Greek language, would thereby b
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ff.) - to the point of falsifying f
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about the distant past, the War the
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asic concept, to all Hellenistic ri
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in the original version signifies:
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Antiquities it is without rhyme or
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But how then is one to explain Hyrc
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Hyrcanus proposed to him; because t
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demand, which he considered to be b
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esult. Diodorus (frg. 40.2) reports
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acquire citizenship again, so to sp
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[153] First we learn that the Jews
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first comes to Damascus and then go
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this sense, for example, Schürer,
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which derive without exception from
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he truly sang the praises of Jewish
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safety [away] from Mithridates. Thi
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a result, contrary to his expectati
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confirmed by Caesar’s decree [quo
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following the narratives discussed
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[174] Furthermore, in War 211 Sextu
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Antiquities from the outset, which
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the expansion as well. The sentence
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portrayal [of Josephus’ developme
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Sanhedrin has not been transmitted
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this fact, to be sure, but devalues
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other side of the Jordan. Malichus
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talents. And yet this cannot be cor
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the Antiquities, which shine with J
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also responsible for this, Josephus
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information about Herod’s executi
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other than such reworkings as we ha
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Silo by Antigonus only for one mont
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Machairas’ true intention, that h
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has been consulted here as well, as
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[Leidenschaft ] straight through Le
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corrected accordingly. 16. The conq
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supplementary source [Zusatzquelle]
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Herodians, yet he still blames the
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War here as well; 79 however, it is
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convictions to the fore with full i
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War by means of a variety of materi
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and how it was amplified by Josephu
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een a historical work with document
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Certainly it is not the pride of a
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they provide the material from whic
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Certainly we are not all influenced
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appreciating the inner development
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we owe an excellent treatment of th
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abandoned (cf. pages 33 ff. and 270
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that within the same work the state
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At any rate, with Josephus we have
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authority of the government in Jeru
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obbers that ultimately tipped the p
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he wished to cover something up and
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viewing the Great War as a [single]
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provided to have Agrippa [257] gran
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exchange he placed their books on t
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Josephus after all, had died when J
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sense as well: Josephus makes excus
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So the year 100 drew near; after th
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family’s past and to incorporate
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authenticity of his genealogy in hi
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een almost obsolete; for soon after
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“received the truth with pleasure
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cause to bend before the Christians
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