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Josephus, Flavius

Josephus, Flavius (c.37–c.100), Jewish historian. He was a native of Palestine and a Pharisee. In 66 he took part in the Jewish War. After being taken prisoner, he won Vespasian's favour by prophesying that he would become emperor, and during the siege of Jerusalem he acted as interpreter to Titus. He returned with Titus to Rome and devoted himself to literary work. His Jewish War opens with a summary of events from the time of Antiochus Epiphanes to the outbreak of the war; the latter part is largely an eye-witness account. His Antiquities of the Jews traces the history of the Jews from the Creation to the beginning of the Jewish War. The reference to Christ as ‘a wise man, if indeed one should call him a man’ (18.3.3) in its present form is not authentic; it seems that Josephus mentioned Christ, but that his original reference was recast by an early Christian writer.

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