Josephus, Flavius
Josephus, Flavius (ad 37–100) Jewish leader and historian. A Pharisee, he took part reluctantly in the revolt against Rome (66–70) and was captured. He found favour with
Vespasian and settled in Rome in ad 70.
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Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS AND FLAVIAN ROME. Edited by Jonathan...or as a Roman historian named Titus Flavius Josephus who penned thirty books including...Figured Speech and Irony in T. Flavius Josephus (Ch 12); Honora Howell Chapman...
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e-sustainability--the amazing and true story of Flavius Josephus. (Information Trends).
Magazine article from: Information Outlook; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...his actions. After the war, Josephus was taken to Rome, freed...He latinized his name to Josephus and adopted Vespasian's family name, Flavius, and began his career as a historian. The first of Josephus' works was The Jewish War...
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The Image of the Jew in Flavius Josephus' Paraphrase of the Bible
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Image of the Jew in Flavius Josephus' Paraphrase of the Bible, by Paul...Jewish Antiquities 1-11 to explore Josephus's construction of the ideal Jew...of the late first century CE and Josephus. In a lengthy introduction (pp...
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Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Judean Antiquities, Books 8-10, vol. 5.(THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2005; 538 words
; DS121 2004-042008 90-04-11786-5 Flavius Josephus; translation and commentary, v.5; Judean antiquities...Publishers, [c]2005 392 p. $169.00 The narratives by Josephus' (37-100) have become the indispensable source...
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Flavius Josephus, the Zealots and Yavne: Towards a Rereading of the War of the Jews.
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...40.95. Bohrmann believes that Josephus's opposition to the war with Rome should...Revolt had been two centuries prior--Josephus, King Agrippa II, and Johanan teen...Jewish religion (as indeed it did). Josephus's perceptions differed from those of...
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Flavius Josephus.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/4/1994; ; 594 words
; ...apologia for his natal faith and culture, Josephus, in the final decade of his life, wrote...chapters reflect on the reception of Josephus (the early Patristic writers used him...refuge against the Romans, should have Josephus in the back of their minds. If the thick...
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Life of Josephus
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, Life of Josephus (trans. and ed. Steve Mason; Flavius Josephus 9; Leiden/New York/Cologne: Brill, 2001). Pp. liv + 288. NLG 295.30, $134. The volume constitutes the first installment of a massive endeavor to...
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Judean Antiquities 1-4/Life of Josephus
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...4, by Louis H. Feldman. Volume 3 of Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, edited by...615. $151.00 (cloth). Life of Josephus, by Steve Mason. Volume 9 of Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, edited by...
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I&A.com: Rashi and Josephus
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 8/25/2003; ; 673 words
; ...Yosef ben Matityahu, better known as Flavius Josephus, down from a shelf and commanded...at http:// www.ccel.-org/j/josephus. The next step might have been the Flavius Josephus home page, http://members.aol...
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Josephus and the History of the Greco-Roman Period: Essays in Memory of Morton Smith.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...mention of activity in Egypt. Josephus (JW 1 [section]31-33) knows...prior to the Maccabean revolt. Josephus also reports (Ant. 12 [section...and Civilizations in Paris, in "Flavius Josephus, Historian of Rome," notes the...
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Josephus Flavius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Josephus Flavius Josephus Flavius (ca. 37-100) was a Jewish historian, diplomat, and military leader, and the sole source of information concerning numerous events in the final centuries of the Jewish state. According to his own account...
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Flavius Josephus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Flavius Josephus , AD 37-c.AD 100, Jewish...Roman general Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) and took his name, Flavius. He lived in Rome under imperial...See H. St. John Thackeray, Josephus (1929, rev. ed. 1968...
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Josephus, Flavius
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Josephus, Flavius Jewish historian who lived from about...the emperors, Vespasian and Titus . Josephus wrote the history of the Jewish War...Christian scribe. The four extant works of Josephus are fundamental for our knowledge of...
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Masada
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...another — thus relates Flavius Josephus, the only historian to describe...attack. The credibility of Josephus's account was questioned...of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Josephus, Flavius. The Jewish War, translated...
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Theocracy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...coined by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 CE – c. 100 CE...Jewish commonwealth of his time, Josephus contrasted theocracy with other...of all good things ” (Josephus 1737). Few concepts have changed...
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