{"product_id":"flavius-josephus-against-apion-translation-and-commentary-paperback","title":"Flavius Josephus: Against Apion: Translation and Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. G. Barclay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains a fresh English translation of Josephus' apologetic treatise \u003ci\u003eAgainst Apion\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the new textual research conducted by the Münster Josephus project. It also provides the first English commentary on this treatise, with comprehensive treatment of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of Josephus' most engaging literary product.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Apion\u003c\/i\u003e contains the most important evidence for hostility to Judeans in antiquity, as Josephus responds to both Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people, their origins and character. Josephus' robust defense of his people, with his striking account of the Judean constitution (\"theocracy\"), also constitutes the finest example of Judean apologetics from antiquity.\u003cbr\u003eThe commentary will provide a richly-documented resource for the many readers of this treatise - those who study and teach early Judaism, early Christianity, and the cultural politics of antiquity. It also offers the first \"postcolonial\" reading of Josephus, in his attempt to present his Judean tradition under the cultural hegemony of the Greek intellectual tradition and the political power of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn M.G. Barclay\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D. 1986 University of Cambridge) is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eJews in the Mediterranean Diaspora from Alexander to Trajan (323 BCE - 117 CE)\u003c\/i\u003e (T \u0026amp; T Clark\/University of California Press: 1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 502\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47289185960185,"sku":"9789004246317","price":174.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Yr4hqj4jgW9789004246317.webp?v=1769138722","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/flavius-josephus-against-apion-translation-and-commentary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}