No Judaism in Josephus

This is a lecture by Daniel Boyarin, who taught at Hebrew University, Yale, Harvard, Yeshiva University, and now lectures at Berkley. Besides being a prolific writer, Professor Boyarin constantly challenges conventional scholarship with ideas that seem provocative but always well-researched. In this lecture, he proposes that Judaism is not an idea native to Jews. Furthermore, in the 1st-century writings of Josephus Flavius, the concept of "Judaism" as a Jewish religion simply does not exist! Intrigued? listen on...