unconvincing
s. goranson
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Actually, a (my) source critical analysis of the passages you cite in
Josephus shows that they originated from an account of one of the
Jewish delegates
who addressed Pompey in 63 BCE, and who characterized the rule of
Jannaeus as
king as illegitimate. So this source does negatively describe his rule as
king, but elsewhere than in the particular passage you cite in War //
Antiquities. But a discussion of source criticism in Josephus would
take us too far
afield and is in any case unnecessary in light of Ant. 14.41 and
parallels in
Strabo and Diodorus where the accusation against Jannaeus and his sons is
explicit.
Best regards,
Russell Gmirkin
Russell, you wrote today that "... all ancient sources
critical of Jannaeus, both Jewish and Graeco-Roman, raise the
accusation that he tyrannically seized the office of king."
But Josephus War i.4.3 (88-89) and Antiquities 13.13.5 (372-4) and m.
Sukkah 4:9
contain complaints against Jannaeus that do not mention his king claim.
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