JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS (37/8–c. 100 CE), born Yosef ben Mattityahu, was a Jewish general, historian, and apologist. Josephus was perhaps the most prolific, significant, and controversial of Jewish writers in Judaea during the Hellenistic-Roman era....

A first-century C.E. general and historian of the Jews. His great works were The Jewish War, which he wrote shortly after the defeat of the Jews by the Romans and the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E., and The History of the...

(born &AD; 37/38, Jerusalem—died &circa; 100, Rome) Jewish priest, scholar, and historian. Born of a priestly family, Josephus joined the Pharisees. While on a diplomatic mission he was impressed by the culture and sophistication of Rome, and in...

37?-100? Jewish historian who wrote extensively on the Roman occupation of Israel and the Middle East. Originally named Joseph ben Matthias, Josephus was a member of the Pharisees, a Jewish sect that practiced strict observance of the law, and later...

(1st Century CE) Historian. Although initially Josephus fought for the rebels in the *Jewish War, he surrendered to the Romans in 67CE and accompanied them to the siege of *Jerusalem. His two major works, The Antiquities and the Jewish War are our...

Josephus (37 – sometime after 100 AD),[1] who became known, in his capacity as a Roman citizen, as Titus Flavius Josephus,[2] was a 1st-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the Destruction of...