Novelistic Elements in the Writings of Flavius Josephus (University of Chicago PhD dissertation)

Preface......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Sketch of His Life......Page 7
His Writings......Page 10
Sources in Antiquities......Page 19
Varied Treatment......Page 25
Unidentified References......Page 27
Nicolas of Damascus......Page 28
Classical Allusions......Page 30
References......Page 31
Memoirs of Herod......Page 33
Peripatetic Biography......Page 35
Life of Herod in Josephus......Page 36
Josephus' Criticism of Nicolas......Page 38
Josephus' Claims to Accuracy......Page 39
Roman Religion within the Roman State......Page 42
Rome and Foreign Religions......Page 46
The Isis Cult in Rome......Page 55
Josephus and the Religious Persecution of A.D. 19......Page 61
Contents of the Paulina Story......Page 63
Josephus' Characterleation of the Isis Cult......Page 65
Interpretation of the Fulvia Story......Page 67
Comparison of Paulina Story with Fulvia Incident......Page 68
IV. The Life of Herod the Great......Page 76
V. The Relations Between Herod and Mariamme I......Page 90
The Portraits Allegedly Painted for Antony......Page 91
Herod's Orders to Kill Mariamme......Page 99
Novelistic Elements in the Accounts......Page 106
Probable Historical Basis for the Three Accounts......Page 114
Motives for Including the Narrative......Page 123
The Circumstances of Mariamme's Death......Page 125
VI. The Death of Herod the Great......Page 131
VII. A Comparative Study of Bellum Iudaicum ii. 119-166 and Antiquities xviii. 11-25......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 148
Select Bibliography......Page 154