Flavius Josephus and artwork of Roman antiquity and the early Middle Ages

Though there is copious recent scholarship on Josephus’ historiography, art historian Steven Wander focuses in his new volume upon Josephus’ “influence on artworks from Roman Antiquity and the early Middle Ages” (p. 19), ranging from the Arch of Titus to the Paris Psalter.[1] This is, indeed, very welcome, since it is the first book-length study … Continue reading Flavius Josephus and artwork of Roman antiquity and the early Middle Ages