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The Antiquities of the Jews #3
Antigüedades de Los Judíos Tomo 3
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352 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2009
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Flavius Josephus
1,580 books222 followersTitus Flavius Josephus was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer who was born in Jerusalem - then part of Roman Judea - to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.
He initially fought against the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War as the head of Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in 67 to Roman forces led by Vespasian after the six-week siege of Jotapata. Josephus claims the Jewish Messianic prophecies that initiated the First Roman-Jewish War made reference to Vespasian becoming Emperor of Rome. In response Vespasian decided to keep Josephus as a hostage and interpreter. After Vespasian did become Emperor in 69, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the emperor's family name of Flavius.
Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman side and was granted Roman citizenship. He became an advisor and friend of Vespasian's son Titus, serving as his translator when Titus led the Siege of Jerusalem, which resulted -- when the Jewish revolt did not surrender -- in the city's destruction and the looting and destruction of Herod's Temple (Second Temple).
Josephus recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, including the Siege of Masada, but the imperial patronage of his work has sometimes caused it to be characterized as pro-Roman propaganda.
His most important works were The Jewish War (c. 75) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94). The Jewish War recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation (66–70). Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Roman audience. These works provide valuable insight into 1st century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity.
Alternate spelling:
Flávio Josefo (Romance languages)
He initially fought against the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War as the head of Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in 67 to Roman forces led by Vespasian after the six-week siege of Jotapata. Josephus claims the Jewish Messianic prophecies that initiated the First Roman-Jewish War made reference to Vespasian becoming Emperor of Rome. In response Vespasian decided to keep Josephus as a hostage and interpreter. After Vespasian did become Emperor in 69, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the emperor's family name of Flavius.
Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman side and was granted Roman citizenship. He became an advisor and friend of Vespasian's son Titus, serving as his translator when Titus led the Siege of Jerusalem, which resulted -- when the Jewish revolt did not surrender -- in the city's destruction and the looting and destruction of Herod's Temple (Second Temple).
Josephus recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, including the Siege of Masada, but the imperial patronage of his work has sometimes caused it to be characterized as pro-Roman propaganda.
His most important works were The Jewish War (c. 75) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94). The Jewish War recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation (66–70). Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Roman audience. These works provide valuable insight into 1st century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity.
Alternate spelling:
Flávio Josefo (Romance languages)
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October 18, 2013
Bien, el misterio ha sido desvelado. No el del número de libros de cada tomo, que efectivamente son siete, sino el de la manipulación de la historia que Flavio Josefo quiso contar y el motivo por el que he leído sus Antigüedades. Primero, “las palabras del autor”:
Este fragmento es como un pegote. Antes de él, Flavio Josefo hablaba de los problemas que tuvieron los judíos con Pilatos. Después lo sigue haciendo. Pero hay algo que no cuadra y la nota a pie de página lo explica mejor que yo:
El que tenga ojos para ver, que vea. (Por cierto, más adelante hay otro fragmento que menciona al hermano de Jesús, Jacobo, que también ha sido puesto en duda.)
Por lo demás, este tercer tomo es la historia del rey Herodes, con antepasados y herederos, y una sospechosa alabanza de varios emperadores romanos, entre ellos, Augusto, Tiberio y Claudio.
Por aquel tiempo existió un hombre sabio, llamado Jesús, si es lícito llamarlo hombre, porque realizó grandes milagros y fue maestro de aquellos hombres que aceptan con placer la verdad. Atrajo a muchos judíos y muchos gentiles. Era el Cristo. Delatado por los principales de los judíos, Pilatos lo condenó a la crucifixión. Aquellos que antes lo habían amado no dejaron de hacerlo, porque se les apareció al tercer día resucitado; los profetas habían anunciado éste y mil otros hechos maravillosos acerca de él. Desde entonces hasta la actualidad existe la agrupación de los cristianos.
Este fragmento es como un pegote. Antes de él, Flavio Josefo hablaba de los problemas que tuvieron los judíos con Pilatos. Después lo sigue haciendo. Pero hay algo que no cuadra y la nota a pie de página lo explica mejor que yo:
Se supone que este párrafo ha sido interpolado, probablemente por un lector cristiano que añadió al manuscrito original una nota marginal, incorporada luego en el texto. La suposición se basa sobre todo en la observación de que el pasaje interrumpe el relato, que prosigue en el párrafo siguiente, y que la caracterización de Jesús está redactada en términos que sólo pudo haber empleado un cristiano.
El que tenga ojos para ver, que vea. (Por cierto, más adelante hay otro fragmento que menciona al hermano de Jesús, Jacobo, que también ha sido puesto en duda.)
Por lo demás, este tercer tomo es la historia del rey Herodes, con antepasados y herederos, y una sospechosa alabanza de varios emperadores romanos, entre ellos, Augusto, Tiberio y Claudio.
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