Flavius Josephus

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Jewish historian ancient historian author historian military leader non-fiction writer

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Flavius Josephus canonical	43
Josephus	30
Flavius Iosephus	1
Flavius Josephus as participant in the Jewish-Roman War	1
Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War	1
Iōsēpos Flavios	1
Joséphus (Latinized Joseph)	1
Yosef ben Matityahu (Flavius Josephus)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish historian ⓘ ancient historian ⓘ author ⓘ historian ⓘ military leader ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ
associatedWith	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Second Temple period
birthName	Yosef ben Matityahu ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	1st century ⓘ
citizenship	Judea ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	37 CE ⓘ 38 CE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	circa 100 CE ⓘ
describedEvent	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: Roman conquest of Judea destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ surface form: siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
education	trained as a Pharisee ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
genre	apologetics ⓘ autobiography ⓘ historiography ⓘ
influenced	Christian historiography ⓘ Jewish historiography ⓘ
languageOfWork	Greek ⓘ
militaryConflict	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
nameInGreek	Flavius Josephus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iōsēpos Flavios
nameInLatin	Flavius Josephus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flavius Iosephus
notableWork	Against Apion ⓘ 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 ⓘ military commander ⓘ priest ⓘ writer ⓘ
patron	Flavian dynasty ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Jerusalem ⓘ
primarySourceFor	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ history of Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
primaryTopicOf	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Rome ⓘ
servedAs	commander in Galilee ⓘ
socialStatus	priestly aristocracy of Jerusalem ⓘ
sourceFor	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ⓘ historical Jesus studies ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Vespasian ⓘ
tookFamilyNameFrom	Flavian dynasty ⓘ
wroteAbout	Jewish history ⓘ Jewish law and customs ⓘ Roman-Jewish relations ⓘ biblical narratives ⓘ
wroteForAudience	Greco-Roman readers ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman destruction of the Second Temple → historicalSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Pontius Pilate → source → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Tyropoeon Valley → mentionedBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" → author → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: The Jewish War

Flavius Josephus → nameInLatin → Flavius Josephus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Iosephus

Flavius Josephus → nameInGreek → Flavius Josephus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iōsēpos Flavios

Josephus Daniels → givenName → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

James the brother of Jesus → describedBySource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Essenes → mainSourceOfInformation → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Sadducees → sourceMention → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Zealots → describedInSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Antiquities of the Jews → author → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Perea → mentionedInSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Machaerus → associatedWith → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Galilean campaign of Vespasian → opponentCommander → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Against Apion → author → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Against Apion → writtenBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Chronicle → usesSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

The Life of Flavius Josephus → author → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → subject → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → writtenBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → workOf → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

The Life of Flavius Josephus → portrays → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Josephus as participant in the Jewish-Roman War

The Life of Flavius Josephus → historicalFigureDescribed → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Antigonus II Mattathias → historicalSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Aristobulus II → historicalSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War

Cypros → mentionedBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Mariamne I → describedBySource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Alexander → describedBySource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → primarySources → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: Pharisees

this entity surface form: Josephus

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → primarySources → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sadducees

this entity surface form: Josephus

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → primarySources → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: Essenes

this entity surface form: Josephus

Yosef ben Matityahu → alsoKnownAs → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Aristobulus III of Judea → describedBySource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Hanging Gardens of Babylon → mentionedBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti → givenName → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Owen Josephus Roberts → middleName → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Gaulanitis → mentionedIn → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Roman triumphs → documentedBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Siege of Masada → describedBySource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Manetho → quotedBy → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

bar Giora → historicalSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: Simon bar Giora

derived from Zadok → mentionedInSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sadducees

this entity surface form: Josephus

John of Gischala → contemporary → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

John of Gischala → conflictWith → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

John of Gischala → historicalSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

Judas of Galilee → mentionedInSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Eleazar ben Simon → sourceMention → Flavius Josephus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephus

Salome I → describedInSource → Flavius Josephus ⓘ