Steve Mason (biblical scholar)

Steve N. Mason (born 1957) is a Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period, best known for his studies of Josephus and early Christian writings. He was professor of classics, history and religious studies at York University in Toronto.[1] He has been Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at Aberdeen University (2011–2015?) [2] and works today at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Works

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Books

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  • Mason, Steve (1991). Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees: A Composition-Critical Study. Studia post-Biblica. Vol. 39. Leiden & New York: E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-09181-8. OCLC 22596881.
  • ——— (1992). Josephus and the New Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-0-943575-99-5. OCLC 26720248.
  • ———; Robinson, Thomas A. (2004). Early Christian Reader: Christians text from the first and second centuries in contemporary English translations including the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56563-043-7. OCLC 53306066.
  • ——— (2009). Josephus, Judea and Christian Origins: Methods and Categories. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59856-254-5. OCLC 237325090.
  • ——— (2001). Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary - Volume 9 - Life of Josephus. Leiden & New York: E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-1-4237-1447-7. OCLC 60880336.
  • ——— (2008). Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary - Volume 1b - Judean War 2. Leiden & New York: E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16934-0. OCLC 612149295.
  • ——— (2016). A History of the Jewish War, A.D. 66-74. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85329-3. OCLC 910936277.
  • ——— (2016). Orientation to the History of Roman Judaea. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-4982-9448-5. OCLC 968425905.

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  • ———, ed. (1998). Understanding Josephus: seven perspectives. Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha - Supplement series. Vol. 32. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-85075-878-5. OCLC 491447724.
  • ———, ed. (2001–2008). Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary - General editor of the 14-volume series. Leiden & New York: E.J. Brill.
  • ———; Edmondson, J. C.; Rives, J. B., eds. (2005). Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-926212-0. OCLC 60666982.

Chapters

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  • ——— (1998). "Should any wish to enquire further (Ant. 1.25): the aim and audience of Josephus's Judean antiquities/life". In ——— (ed.). Understanding Josephus: seven perspectives. Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha - Supplement series. Vol. 32. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. pp. 64–103. ISBN 978-1-85075-878-5. OCLC 491447724.
  • ——— (2005). "Figured speech and irony in T. Flavius Josephus". In ———; Edmondson, J. C.; Rives, J. B. (eds.). Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 244–288. ISBN 978-0-19-926212-0. OCLC 60666982.

References

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  1. ^ 1989-2011. yorku.ca
  2. ^ "Professor STEVE MASON | the University of Aberdeen". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-09-07.