The Romans, the Jews and Flavius Josephus.
Deer| N° d'inventaire | 22349 |
| Format | 15.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 364 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782204135450 |
What if the greatest historian of the 1st century, the one whose writings corroborate the Gospel account, had not yet revealed all his secrets? In 70, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. The war had begun in 66, and Flavius Josephus, a priest of Jerusalem, had then been sent to fight them in Galilee. But why, after being captured, was he suddenly pardoned and supported by these same Romans, who thus allowed him to become a writer? What were the reasons for this turnaround? From Masada to the Colosseum, here is finally published the biography of this great Jewish historian of Antiquity who madly dreamed of being faithful to Jerusalem and Rome. A modern destiny within the ancient world, to be read like a novel. An astonishing fresco of political history.
What if the greatest historian of the 1st century, the one whose writings corroborate the Gospel account, had not yet revealed all his secrets? In 70, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. The war had begun in 66, and Flavius Josephus, a priest of Jerusalem, had then been sent to fight them in Galilee. But why, after being captured, was he suddenly pardoned and supported by these same Romans, who thus allowed him to become a writer? What were the reasons for this turnaround? From Masada to the Colosseum, here is finally published the biography of this great Jewish historian of Antiquity who madly dreamed of being faithful to Jerusalem and Rome. A modern destiny within the ancient world, to be read like a novel. An astonishing fresco of political history.