Flavius Josephus
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Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian and former military leader whose detailed writings, especially "The Jewish War," are a primary source on the Roman-Jewish conflicts and the destruction of the Second Temple.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish historian
→
ancient historian → author → historian → military leader → non-fiction writer → |
| associatedWith |
Second Temple Judaism
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surface form: "Second Temple period"
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| birthName | Yosef ben Matityahu → |
| centuryOfActivity | 1st century → |
| citizenship |
Judea
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Roman Empire → |
| dateOfBirth |
37 CE
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38 CE → |
| dateOfDeath | circa 100 CE → |
| describedEvent |
Jewish–Roman wars
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surface form: "Roman conquest of Judea"
destruction of the Second Temple → Roman destruction of the Second Temple →
surface form: "siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)"
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| education | trained as a Pharisee → |
| ethnicity | Jewish → |
| genre |
apologetics
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autobiography → historiography → |
| influenced |
Christian historiography
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Jewish historiography → |
| languageOfWork | Greek → |
| militaryConflict |
Jewish–Roman wars
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surface form: "First Jewish–Roman War"
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| nameInGreek |
Flavius Josephus
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surface form: "Iōsēpos Flavios"
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| nameInLatin |
Flavius Josephus
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surface form: "Flavius Iosephus"
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| notableWork |
Against Apion
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Antiquities of the Jews →
surface form: "Jewish Antiquities"
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" →
surface form: "The Jewish War"
The Life of Flavius Josephus → |
| occupation |
historian
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military commander → priest → writer → |
| patron |
Flavian dynasty
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Titus → Vespasian → |
| placeOfBirth | Jerusalem → |
| primarySourceFor |
Jewish–Roman wars
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surface form: "First Jewish–Roman War"
destruction of the Second Temple → history of Second Temple Judaism → |
| primaryTopicOf |
Jewish–Roman wars
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surface form: "First Jewish–Roman War"
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| religion | Judaism → |
| residence | Rome → |
| servedAs | commander in Galilee → |
| socialStatus | priestly aristocracy of Jerusalem → |
| sourceFor |
Hasmonean dynasty
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Herod the Great → Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → historical Jesus studies → |
| surrenderedTo | Vespasian → |
| tookFamilyNameFrom | Flavian dynasty → |
| wroteAbout |
Jewish history
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Jewish law and customs → Roman-Jewish relations → biblical narratives → |
| wroteForAudience | Greco-Roman readers → |
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "The Jewish War"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War"
this entity surface form: "Iōsēpos Flavios"
this entity surface form: "Flavius Iosephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Flavius Josephus as participant in the Jewish-Roman War"
subject surface form: "Essenes"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
subject surface form: "Pharisees"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
subject surface form: "Sadducees"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"
this entity surface form: "Josephus"