Antiquities of the Jews

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Jewish historiography book historical work

Antiquities of the Jews is a comprehensive historical work by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that recounts the history of the Jewish people from biblical times up to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Antiquities of the Jews canonical	22
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews	11
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews	5
Jewish Antiquities	5
Josephus – Antiquities of the Jews	4
Josephus Antiquities of the Jews	3
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities	2
Antiquitates Judaicae	1
Book 1 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Book 2 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Book 3 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews	1
Works of Flavius Josephus	1
Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish historiography ⓘ book ⓘ historical work ⓘ
aim	to defend Judaism against misrepresentation ⓘ to present Jewish history to a Greco-Roman audience ⓘ
author	Flavius Josephus ⓘ
basedOn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Jewish traditions ⓘ Josephus’s own historical sources ⓘ
commissionedBy	Flavian dynasty ⓘ
completionDate	c. 93 CE ⓘ
containsAccountOf	Babylonian exile ⓘ Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: Israelite monarchy Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Moses and the Exodus late Second Temple period ⓘ lives of the biblical patriarchs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Domitian ⓘ surface form: Emperor Domitian
genre	Jewish history ⓘ history ⓘ religious history ⓘ
hasPart	Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book 1 of Antiquities of the Jews Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book 2 of Antiquities of the Jews Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book 3 of Antiquities of the Jews
historicalContextOfComposition	Flavian period of the Roman Empire ⓘ
influenced	Christian biblical scholarship ⓘ patristic writers ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
latinTitle	Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Antiquitates Judaicae
notableFor	its influence on later Jewish and Christian historiography ⓘ paraphrasing and expanding biblical narratives ⓘ providing extra-biblical details about Jewish history ⓘ
numberOfBooks	20 ⓘ
originalTitle	Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία
relatedWork	Against Apion ⓘ Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ surface form: The Jewish War
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
settingOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
structure	20 books divided into smaller sections ⓘ
subject	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ biblical history ⓘ history of the Jewish people ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean period Herodian period ⓘ biblical period ⓘ from Creation to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	early Christian historians ⓘ

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