Until 2011, he was at Toronto’s York University, the last eight years holding the Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction. 2014), ed.

Until 2011, he was at Toronto’s York University, the last eight years holding the Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction. Until 2011, he was at Toronto’s York University, the last eight years holding the Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction.

He arrived in Groningen in January and is here until May. Since they are in German, I am here presenting the English originals, more or less, together in one file and preceded by some methodological reflections on using this 'external' material for historical-Jesus research. After the M.A. In order to understand it, we need to know something of how educated persons viewed their world and what categories they assumed in talking with each other.

This is the final typescript (AAM) of a chapter now published in Antony Augoustakis, Emma Buckley...This is the final typescript (AAM) of a chapter now published in Antony Augoustakis, Emma Buckley, and Claire Stocks, eds., Fides in Flavian Literature, “Phoenix Supplementary Series.” Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 45–67. I have written books and articles on understanding Flavius Josephus' works (our principal source for much of this) and on aspects of Judaean (e.g., Pharisees, Essenes) and ancient life (elite social-political discourse, historiography, rhetoric, 'publication').

1 Media contribution. Josephus, Judea, and Christian Origins: Methods and CategoriesThis a brace of chapters on Paul's situation in the first Christian generation. there I joined Toronto's St. Michael's College for the Ph.D., during which I was privileged to spend one year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and another at the University of Tübingen. It differs from the published version in small ways, for example where the latter has been adjusted to house punctuation and abbreviation rules. 'Steve Mason's many perceptive arguments may or may not lead us to a new understanding of the reasons why so many Jews took up arms against Rome in 66.

Steve N. Mason (born 1957) is a Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period, best known for his studies of Josephus and early Christian writings.He was professor of classics, history and religious studies at York University in Toronto.

READING THE BIBLE IN ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND MODERN EDITIONS Studies in Memory of Peter W. FlintThis is the final typescript (with small edits) of “Did Josephus Know his Bible when he Wrote the...This is the final typescript (with small edits) of “Did Josephus Know his Bible when he Wrote the Jewish War? This is evident in the study of ‘ancient religion’ and begs for out attention.

It differs from the published version in small ways, for example where the latter has been adjusted to house punctuation and abbreviation rules. He was distinguished as Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction (2003-2011), Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis (2013) and Dirk Smilde Fellow at Qumran Institute University of Groningen (2014). 2014), ed. It is about t...This is my contribution to a conference honouring Professor Lucio Troiani in Pavia. Josephus, as a proud priestly aristocrat of the kind for which the author of Luke-Acts has little sympathy (situating Jesus along with the Pharisees among the common people), turns out to be rather harsher than the Christian author is toward the Pharisees.

READING THE BIBLE IN ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND MODERN EDITIONS Studies in Memory of Peter W. FlintThis is the final typescript (with small edits) of “Did Josephus Know his Bible when he Wrote the...This is the final typescript (with small edits) of “Did Josephus Know his Bible when he Wrote the Jewish War?

Studi in onore di Lucio Troiani (Milan: Jouvence/Antiquitas), 225–46This is my contribution to a conference honouring Professor Lucio Troiani in Pavia.