Josephus, Flavius
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Josephus, Flavius (ad 37–
c.98), a Jewish statesman and soldier. He came to Rome with Titus, was honoured with Roman citizenship, and devoted himself to study. He wrote in Greek a
History of the Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities, which is a history of the Jews down to ad 66.
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Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome.(Book review)
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The Image of the Jew in Flavius Josephus' Paraphrase of the Bible.(Review)
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e-sustainability--the amazing and true story of Flavius Josephus. (Information Trends).
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The Image of the Jew in Flavius Josephus' Paraphrase of the Bible
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The Complete Concordance to Flavius Josephus.(Reference)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 1/1/2004; 283 words
; The Complete Concordance to Flavius Josephus, edited by Karl Heinrich Rengstorf...the concordance to the works of Josephus originally published in four...includes the Namenworterbuch zu Flavius Josephus. (Greek, with some German...
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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
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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
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Life of Josephus
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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Judean Antiquities 1-4/Life of Josephus
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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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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