Pity the Women and Children:

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" Pity the Women and Children: "
Caryn A. Reeder

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075227
Doc. No	:	LA118856
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340375‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Caryn A. Reeder
Title & Author	:	Pity the Women and Children: [Article] : Punishment by Siege in Josephus’s Jewish War\ Caryn A. Reeder
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	44/2
Page No	:	174–194
Abstract	:	This paper analyzes the neglected theme of suffering women and children in Josephus’s Jewish War. Women and children did suffer the effects of sieges in Greco-Roman antiquity, but historiographers also use the stories of their suffering to interpret warfare. Josephus participates in this tradition by using the imagery of suffering women and children to condemn the Jewish rebels, a presentation which is also influenced by Deut 28 and Lamentations. The warnings against rebellion in J.W. 2.237, 400, and 5.418 heighten the rhetorical power of this condemnation by offering the alternative of surrender for the sake of women and children. This paper analyzes the neglected theme of suffering women and children in Josephus’s Jewish War. Women and children did suffer the effects of sieges in Greco-Roman antiquity, but historiographers also use the stories of their suffering to interpret warfare. Josephus participates in this tradition by using the imagery of suffering women and children to condemn the Jewish rebels, a presentation which is also influenced by Deut 28 and Lamentations. The warnings against rebellion in J.W. 2.237, 400, and 5.418 heighten the rhetorical power of this condemnation by offering the alternative of surrender for the sake of women and children.
Descriptor	:	First Jewish Revolt
Descriptor	:	Jewish War
Descriptor	:	Josephus
Descriptor	:	siege warfare
Descriptor	:	women and children
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340375‬