Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus: Rhetoric, Spatiality, and First-Century Jewish Institutions

In Synagogues in the Works of Flavius Josephus, Andrew Krause examines the historiographical tendenz and spatial rhetoric of Flavius Josephus, in order to clarify how his writings may be used responsibly in the reconstruction of first-century synagogues.

The Ideal Synagogue and Ancestral Customs in Antiquitates judaicae
The Synagogue as Ideal Association and Historical People’s Assembly in Vita
Synagogue as an Ideal Educational Institution in Contra Apionem
Synagogue as (Contrived) Holy Place in Bellum Judaicum
Conclusion: Synagogues in Josephus and His World
Appendix: Essenes in the Writings of Josephus