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Josephus. Flavius Josephus[a] (/ dʒoʊˈsiːfəs /; [8] Greek: Ἰώσηπος, Iṓsēpos; c. AD 37 – c. 100) or Yosef ben Mattityahu (Hebrew: יוסף בן מתתיהו) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem —then part of the Roman province of Judea —to a ...
Josephus on Jesus. The first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus provides external information on some people and events found in the New Testament. [1] The extant manuscripts of Josephus' book Antiquities of the Jews, written around AD 93–94, contain two references to Jesus of Nazareth and one reference to John the Baptist. [2]
Antiquities of the Jews (Latin: Antiquitates Iudaicae; Greek: Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία, Ioudaikē archaiologia) is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by historian Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Domitian, which was 94 CE. [1] The book contains an account of the history of the Jewish ...
Antiquities of the Jews. The Jewish War[a][b] is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman - Jewish historian. [1][2][3] It has been described by the historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history". [4]
The only two events subject to "almost universal assent" are that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Non-Christian sources that are used to study and establish the historicity of Jesus include Jewish sources such as Josephus, and Roman sources such ...
As a historian, Feldman dealt primarily with the writings of Josephus and their role within the larger framework of Jewish civilization during the Second Temple Period. His works on Josephus ranged from discussions of historical accuracy to analysis of Josephus' biblical interpretations.
Main article: Historicity of Jesus. Virtually all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed. [ 8 ][ 9 ][ 31 ] Historian Michael Grant asserts that if conventional standards of historical criticism are applied to the New Testament, "we can no more reject Jesus' existence than we can reject the existence of a mass of pagan personages whose ...
Steve N. Mason (born 1957) is a Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period, best known for his studies of Josephus and early Christian writings. He was professor of classics, history and religious studies at York University in Toronto. [1] He has been Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at Aberdeen University (2011–2015?)