Abstract
This is an introduction to the contributions of Jan Willem van Henten and William den Hollander to the Josephus Seminar ‘Impact of destruction. Methodological questions in the study of Jewish and Christian reactions to the demolition of the Temple’ held at the Theological University in Kampen, the Netherlands. The introduction sketches the status quaestionis and the methodological issues in comparing the works of Josephus and the Gospels in reconstructing the impact of the destruction of the Temple in AD 70 on Judaism and Early Christianity.
Highlights
On 23 September 2014 a Josephus Seminar was held at the Theological University in Kampen, the Netherlands, entitled ‘Impact of destruction
His study of several episodes in the life of Flavius Josephus and their evaluation in the light of broader historical evidence turns out to be helpful in answering the question of to what extent Josephus’s writings can be used in historical reconstruction and in imagining the vicissitudes and motives of those who acted in 1st century AD Galilee, Judaea and Rome
The question needs to be asked about what the implications of these methodological analyses of the life and works of Flavius Josephus are for theological studies
Summary
On 23 September 2014 a Josephus Seminar was held at the Theological University in Kampen, the Netherlands, entitled ‘Impact of destruction. The subject of the seminar was determined to be the value and relationship of biblical and non-biblical sources and material culture for biblical interpretation and historical reconstruction, regarding the immediate impact of the destruction of the Temple on both Judaism and Early Christianity.
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