IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1021: Flavius Josephus the Middle Ages
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Département d'Histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) |
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| Organiser: | Richard M. Pollard, Département d'Histoire, l'Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Moderator/Chair: | Constant J. Mews, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria |
| Paper 1021-a | Rescuing Josephus by Inventing Pseudo Hegesippus: As Told by Carolingian Manuscript Annotations (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1021-b | The Reception of Josephus in Peter Comestor's Historia Scholastica (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Abstract | Flavius Josephus (c. 37-100) was a prolific Jewish historian who wrote the history of his people in the Antiquities, and the story of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans, in which he participated. These works became extremely influential with Christian readers even before the Middle Ages, when their popularity and authority as historical and exegetical resources only grew. Nonetheless, studies of Josephus' vast medieval influence remain few and far between. This session, however, will unite the participants of two new research projects, based at UQAM and Universität Bern, who are now working to explore an exciting range of neglected questions: marginalia in manuscripts of Josephus, his importance for the Victorines, and his medieval Jewish reception. |