Ursula Westwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 5525410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ursula Westwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ursula |
| FAMILY NAME | Westwood |
| SIGNATURE | WESTWOOD U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University https://dx.doi.org/208652 Stellenbosch South Africa |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5480-6961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Silent Tyrant
In the fourth book of the Jewish Antiquities , Josephus describes the rebellion of Zambrias against the authority of Moses. The rebel leader gives an impassioned speech critiquing the Mosaic law, to which the lawgiver gives no answer. Josephus’ willingness to compose speeches and to counter anti-Jewish calumnies makes this silence unexpected. To understand its possible implications, and with roles played by silence in classical literature as a ba…
Moses among the Greek Lawgivers
Josephus’ Antiquities introduces Moses as the Jewish lawgiver, adapting the biblical account for a new audience. But who was that audience, and what did they understand by the term lawgiver (νομοθέτης)? This book uses Plutarch’s Lives as a proxy for an imagined audience, providing a historically grounded but flexible model of a lawgiver, against which some of the otherwise invisible forces shaping Josephus’ choices are thrown into sharp relief. T…
Silent Tyrant
In the fourth book of the Jewish Antiquities , Josephus describes the rebellion of Zambrias against the authority of Moses. The rebel leader gives an impassioned speech critiquing the Mosaic law, to which the lawgiver gives no answer. Josephus’ willingness to compose speeches and to counter anti-Jewish calumnies makes this silence unexpected. To understand its possible implications, and with roles played by silence in classical literature as a ba…
Moses among the Greek Lawgivers
Josephus’ Antiquities introduces Moses as the Jewish lawgiver, adapting the biblical account for a new audience. But who was that audience, and what did they understand by the term lawgiver (νομοθέτης)? This book uses Plutarch’s Lives as a proxy for an imagined audience, providing a historically grounded but flexible model of a lawgiver, against which some of the otherwise invisible forces shaping Josephus’ choices are thrown into sharp relief. T…
Silent Tyrant
In the fourth book of the Jewish Antiquities , Josephus describes the rebellion of Zambrias against the authority of Moses. The rebel leader gives an impassioned speech critiquing the Mosaic law, to which the lawgiver gives no answer. Josephus’ willingness to compose speeches and to counter anti-Jewish calumnies makes this silence unexpected. To understand its possible implications, and with roles played by silence in classical literature as a ba…
Archaeology (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work)