Titre du document / Document title

The Foundation of Bethsaida-Julias by Philip the Tetrarch

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

KOKKINOS Nikos ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ University College London, ROYAUME-UNI

Résumé / Abstract

Josephus (Ant. 18.27) explicitly names Julia 'the daughter' of Augustus, distinguished from Livia/Julia 'the wife', as the person to whom the town of Bethsaida was dedicated. This must have taken place by 2 BCE when Julia was banished, denounced for multiple adulteries. The numismatist A. Kindler suggested that Josephus may be wrong and that Livia/Julia the wife would lie behind this dedication dated to 30/31 CE. Following Kindler, the archaeologists and theologians currently operating at etTell-identified by them as the site of Bethsaida-Julias-have produced many papers accusing Josephus of error. Reviewing the evidence, it is clear that the original suggestion should have never been made. By taking this opportunity, a problem of wider significance is underlined: the difference between the titles 'Augusta' and 'Sebaste' in west and east. Many documents attributed a priori to Livia, based only on the presence of her adopted name, could belong to Julia.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of Jewish studies    ISSN  0022-2097 

Source / Source

2008, vol. 59, n^o2, pp. 236-251 [16 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI  (1948) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Dedication

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Numismatics

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Foundation

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Palestine

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Galilee

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Flavius Josephus

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Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Empereur Auguste

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Hérodiens

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Bethsaïde-Julia

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Dédicace

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Numismatique

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Fondation

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Palestine

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Galilée

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Flavius Josèphe

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Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 25275, 35400018570664.0040