Disambiguation evidence for Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" via surface form

"The Jewish War"


As subject (53)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "The Jewish War".

Predicate Object
aim to explain the causes of the Jewish revolt
aim to justify Josephus’s conduct during the war
aim 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
coversEvent Roman siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
coversEvent fall of Masada
coversEvent internal Jewish factions in Jerusalem
coversEvent rise of the Zealots
dateWritten 1st century CE
dedicatedTo Titus
dedicatedTo Vespasian
features autobiographical elements about Josephus
genre Jewish history
genre history
genre military history
hasTranslation English translations
hasTranslation Hebrew translations
hasTranslation Latin translations
influencedBy Hellenistic historical writing
influencedBy Thucydides
instanceOf ancient historiography
instanceOf book
instanceOf historical work
languageOfWork Greek
literaryStyle rhetorical Greek historiography
mainSubject Jewish–Roman wars
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
mainSubject Jewish–Roman wars
surface form: Jewish revolt against Rome
mainSubject destruction of the Second Temple
mainSubject 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
originalTitle Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Περὶ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου
placeOfComposition Rome
portrays Jerusalem population
portrays Jewish rebels
portrays Romans
relatedWork Antiquities of the Jews
significance important source for early Roman imperial history
significance key source for the history of Second Temple Judaism
significance major primary source for the First Jewish–Roman War
structure seven books
timePeriodDescribed 66 CE–73 CE

As object (10)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "The Jewish War".

Alexander describedIn
"The Jewish War"
Salome Alexandra historicalSource
"The Jewish War"
Cypros mentionedIn
"The Jewish War"
Essenes mentionedInWork
"The Jewish War"
Perea mentionedInWork
"The Jewish War"
Flavius Josephus notableWork
"The Jewish War"
Eleazar ben Ya'ir sourceText
"The Jewish War"