Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"

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ancient historiography book historical work

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" is a first-century historical account by the Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus that chronicles the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem and related events.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient historiography → book → historical work →
aim	to explain the causes of the Jewish revolt → to justify Josephus’s conduct during the war → to present the war to a Greco-Roman audience →
approximateCompositionDate	c. 75 CE →
author	Flavius Josephus →
book1Content	history of the Hasmoneans and Herod the Great →
book2Content	events leading to the revolt and its outbreak →
book3Content	Roman campaign in Galilee and Josephus’s surrender →
book4Content	civil strife in Judea and rival factions in Jerusalem →
book5Content	siege of Jerusalem by Titus →
book6Content	destruction of the Temple and fall of Jerusalem →
book7Content	aftermath of the war and fall of Masada →
commissionedBy	Vespasian →
coversEvent	Galilean campaign of Vespasian → Roman siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) → fall of Masada → internal Jewish factions in Jerusalem → rise of the Zealots →
dateWritten	1st century CE →
dedicatedTo	Titus → Vespasian →
features	autobiographical elements about Josephus →
genre	Jewish history → history → military history →
hasTranslation	English translations → Hebrew translations → Latin translations →
influencedBy	Hellenistic historical writing → Thucydides →
languageOfWork	Greek →
literaryStyle	rhetorical Greek historiography →
mainSubject	First Jewish–Roman War → Jewish revolt against Rome → destruction of the Second Temple → siege of Jerusalem →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
numberOfBooks	7 →
originalTitle	De bello Iudaico → Περὶ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου →
placeOfComposition	Rome →
portrays	Jerusalem population → Jewish rebels → Romans →
relatedWork	Antiquities of the Jews →
significance	important source for early Roman imperial history → key source for the history of Second Temple Judaism → major primary source for the First Jewish–Roman War →
structure	seven books →
timePeriodDescribed	66 CE–73 CE →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cypros ("The Jewish War") → Herod Agrippa I ("Josephus, Jewish War") → Herod Archelaus ("Josephus The Jewish War") → Mariamne II ("Josephus – The Jewish War") →	mentionedIn
Alexander ("The Jewish War") → Cleopatra of Jerusalem ("Josephus – The Jewish War") → Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE ("The Jewish War") →	describedIn
Galilean campaign of Vespasian ("The Jewish War by Josephus") → Salome Alexandra ("The Jewish War") →	historicalSource
Essenes ("The Jewish War") → Perea ("The Jewish War") →	mentionedInWork
Flavius Josephus ("The Jewish War") → Hellenistic Jews ("Works of Josephus") →	notableWork
The Jewish War ("Περὶ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου") → The Jewish War ("De bello Iudaico") →	originalTitle
Antiquities of the Jews ("The Jewish War") → The Life of Flavius Josephus ("The Jewish War") →	relatedWork
Herod the Great ("Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War") → Simon bar Giora ("The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus") →	source
Roman destruction of the Second Temple →	depictedIn
Eleazar ben Ya'ir ("Josephus' writings") →	knownFrom
Masada ("The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus") →	referencedIn
Aristobulus I ("Josephus, The Jewish War") →	sourceMention
Eleazar ben Ya'ir ("The Jewish War") →	sourceText