- Josephus - Wikipedia
Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem —then part of the Roman province of Judea —to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed Hasmonean royal ancestry
- Flavius Josephus | Jewish Priest, Scholar, Historian of 1st Century . . .
Flavius Josephus (born ad 37 38, Jerusalem—died ad 100, Rome) was a Jewish priest, scholar, and historian who wrote valuable works on the Jewish revolt of 66–70 and on earlier Jewish history His major books are History of the Jewish War (75–79), The Antiquities of the Jews (93), and Against Apion
- Who Was Josephus? (And What He Wrote About Jesus)
Born Yosef ben Matityahu in Jerusalem, in 37 C E , Josephus lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in Jewish history His life spanned the Roman occupation of Judea and the First Jewish–Roman War, events that shaped the socio-political landscape of his time
- The Works of Flavius Josephus | Sacred Texts Archive
Josephus was born Joseph ben Mattathias in 37 C E in Jerusalem of a priestly and royal family He excelled in his studies of Jewish law and studied with the Sadducees, Pharisees, and the Essenes, eventually aligning himself with the Pharisees
- Flavius Josephus - World History Encyclopedia
Josephus emphasized the ethics and morals of Judaism against (typical) Jewish charges of immorality among non-Jews Beginning in the 19th century and beyond, Josephus became central to the movement that became known as the quest for the historical Jesus
- Flavius Josephus: The Jewish Historian Who Wrote about Jesus
Josephus (Flavius Josephus) was a 1st-century Jewish historian whose work Antiquities of the Jews, and particularly the Testimonium Flavianum, offers the most-cited extra-biblical confirmation of Jesus’ life, death under Pontius Pilate, and resurrection on the third day
- The Histories of Flavius Josephus - Biblical Archaeology Society
Drawing on his own experience and firsthand reports, Josephus wrote Jewish War in the late 70s An earlier version of the tragic history, in Josephus’s native Aramaic, was sent to the Jews of Mesopotamia to dissuade them from revolting against Rome, but only the Greek version survives
- Josephus. org - The Flavius Josephus Primer Home Page
The earliest description of Jesus outside of the Gospels is found in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities Yet for centuries scholars have doubted that a Jewish writer could have written an account that contains basic tenets of Christian belief
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