(1817 engraving)
(feaured on the cover of a translation by english historian ‘william whiston’)
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“titus flavius josephus”
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(/dʒoʊˈsiːfəs/)
(’37’ – c. ‘100’)
(born joseph ben matityahu)
(‘hebrew’: יוסף בן מתתיהו, yosef ben matityahu)
(‘greek’: Ἰώσηπος mατθίου))
(1st-century ‘romano-jew’)
(‘scholar’, ‘historian’, and ‘hagiographer’, who was born in ‘jerusalem’ (then part of ‘roman judea’) — to a ‘father’ of ‘priestly descent’ and a ‘mother’ who claimed ‘royal ancestry’)
(he initially fought against the ‘romans’ during the first ‘jewish’ – ‘roman’ war as ‘head of jewish forces’ in ‘galilee’, until surrendering in ’67 CE’ to ‘roman forces’ led by ‘vespasian’ after the 6-week siege of ‘jotapata’)
(‘josephus’ claimed the ‘jewish messianic prophecies’ that initiated the ‘first roman-jewish war’ made reference to ‘vespasian’ becoming ’emperor of rome’)
(in response ‘vespasian’ decided to keep ‘josephus’ as a ‘slave’ and ‘interpreter’)
(after ‘vespasian’ became ’emperor’ in ’69 CE’, he granted ‘josephus’ his freedom, at which time ‘josephus’ assumed the emperor’s family name of ‘flavius’)
(‘flavius josephus’ fully defected to the ‘roman side’ and was granted ‘roman citizenship’)
(he became an ‘advisor’ and ‘friend’ of vespasian’s son ‘titus’, serving as his translator when ‘titus’ led the ‘siege of jerusalem’)
(since the ‘siege’ proved ineffective at stopping the ‘jewish revolt’, the city’s destruction and the looting and destruction of ‘herod’s temple’ (‘second temple’) soon followed)
(‘josephus’ recorded ‘jewish history’, with special emphasis on the ‘first century CE’ and the ‘first jewish–roman war’, including the ‘siege of masada’)
(his most important works were The Jewish War (c. 75) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94))
(‘The Jewish War’ recounts the ‘jewish revolt’ against ‘roman occupation’ (66–70))
(“antiquities of the jews” recounts the history of the world from a ‘jewish’ perspective for an ostensibly ‘roman’ audience)
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(these works provide valuable insight into first century ‘judaism’ and the background of early ‘christianity’)
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