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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Label	Occurrences
The Jewish War	26
The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus	8
Josephus, The Jewish War	7
Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War	4
Josephus – The Jewish War	4
The Jewish War by Josephus	2
De bello Iudaico	1
Josephus "The Jewish War"	1
Josephus The Jewish War	1
Josephus' writings	1
Josephus, Jewish War	1
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" canonical	1
Works of Josephus	1
Περὶ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου	1

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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	Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ surface form: 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	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: Jewish revolt against Rome destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ surface form: siege of Jerusalem
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
numberOfBooks	7 ⓘ
originalTitle	Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: De bello Iudaico Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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