Herod in history Nicolaus of Damascus and the Augustan context / Kimberley Czajkowski and Benedikt Eckhardt.
| Author/creator | Czajkowski, Kimberley, 1987- |
| Other author | Eckhardt, Benedikt. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. |
| Description | 196 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Nicolaus of Damascus and the Augustan context |
| Abstract | "Most of our information about Herod the Great derives from the accounts found in Josephus' "Jewish War" and "Jewish Antiquities." Together they constitute quite a unique resource on one of the most famous personalities of ancient history. But whence did Josephus get his information? It is commonly agreed that his primary source was Nicolaus of Damascus, Herod's court historian, though the extent to which Josephus adapted his material remains disputed. This book takes a modern source-critical approach to Josephus' extensive account of Herod's reign to suggest that Josephus did indeed rely heavily on Nicolaus's work, but that previous scholarship was mistaken in seeing Nicolaus as a mere propagandist. Nicolaus may have begun his "Universal History" while Herod was alive, but he finished it after his death. He thus had no reason to write propaganda. This makes his work all the more interesting, for what we have instead is something rather different: a Syrian intellectual claiming a place in Augustan Rome, by telling a story about what the Augustan World looks like on the Eastern periphery. We delineate Nicolaus' approach to various critical topics in Herod's reign in order to reveal the Damascene's perception of client kingship, the impact of empire, and the difficulties involved in ruling Judaea. Most significantly of all, we uncover an Eastern intellectual's view on how to succeed and how to fail in the new Augustan world order"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021936614 |
| ISBN | 9780192845214 |
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