title: Rhetorical and Strategic Meaning of “Envy” (φθόνος) in Josephus. Examples of Korah and John of Gischala
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metadata.value: Bejda, Wojciech
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metadata.value: 2024-12-02T21:17:20Z
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metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Bejda W. Rhetorical and Strategic Meaning of “Envy” (φθόνος) in Josephus. Examples of Korah and John of Gischala. Philologia Classica 2024, 19 (1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2024.102
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2024.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/48088
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metadata.value: The aim of this article is to analyse the theme of envy and its complexity in Josephus’ works
  in rhetorical and strategic sense rather than just as a literary topos. The paper focuses on two
  cases motivated by envy: Korah’s rebellion against Moses and the conflict between Josephus
  and John of Gischala. In these two cases, both the characteristics of envious persons and the
  richest descriptions of their sinister activities appear. The idea of Korah’s envy was not based
  on the Bible or the Second Temple literature or traditions but on Josephus’ own experiences
  from the period of his short-term command in Galilee (December 66 — July 67) when he
  was in conflict with envious John of Gischala. Thanks to this procedure, he was able to create
  the self-apologetic impression that his fate and that of Moses were intertwined because they
  had opponents with similar characteristics who were motivated by the same vice. Moreover,
  Josephus in both narratives follows the specific sequence according to which the envy leads to
  a “plot” (ἐπιβουλή), then to “false accusations” (διαβολή) and finally to a “sedition” (στάσις).
  He strategically used the theme of envy for his own apology to condemn his enemy, John of
  Gischala. The envy he felt disclosed the character of a person who was worse than Josephus
  in terms of personality traits. Josephus instead appears before the readers as a stoic sage who
  is free from weakness such as envy. At the same time the author draws attention to his own
  well-deserved success, thus the presence of envy becomes an indicator of his achievements.
  He conceals his own negative actions during his command in Galilee and tries to direct the
  audience’s attention to a specific arrangement of events that will lead to blaming his opponent.
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 19; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Josephus
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metadata.value: Korah
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metadata.value: Moses
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metadata.value: John of Gischala
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metadata.value: conceptions of envy
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metadata.value: Rhetorical and Strategic Meaning of “Envy” (φθόνος) in Josephus. Examples of Korah and John of Gischala
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