Józef Flawiusz na tle historiografii żydowskiej

Abstract

Josephus Flavius is a controversial person: on the one hand, he is faithful to the ideals represented by his own nation, and admires the history of Israel; on the other hand, he is an eager servant of Rome. In this paper, the author presents the works by J. Flavius as extremely important for exploring both the history and cultural output of ancient Israel. The paper consists of four parts. In the first part, the author presents the person and the works by Flavius, and in the second part, the following works by Flavius are analysed: De Bello Judaico, Antiquitates Judaicae, Contra Apionem, Vita. In the third part, an attempt is made to evaluate his output, and in the last part, the author presents an outline of works on Jewish history as well as selected apocrypha of the Old Testament related to Josephus Flavius.