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Definition of Flavius Josephus
1. Noun. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Historian, Historiographer, Pharisee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flavius Josephus
Literary usage of Flavius Josephus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... translation is that by Whiston, 'The Works of Flavius Josephus' (5 vols., ...
Müller, JG, 'Des Flavius Josephus Schrift Gegen den Apion* (Basel 1877). ..."
2. Handbook of Universal Literature from the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1902)
"Greek Literature in Rome ; Dionysius of Halicarnassus; Flavius Josephus ; Polybius ;
Diodorus ; Strabo; Plutarch.—7. Continued Decline of Greek Literature. ..."
3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"Flavius Josephus,3 making this free acknowledgment concerning the wise men among
the Greeks ... Flavius Josephus ..."
4. A Short History of Jewish Literature: From the Fall of the Temple (70 C.E by Israel Abrahams (1906)
"... CHAPTER II Flavius Josephus AND THE JEWISH SIBYL Life of Josephus—His works—The
New Testament—The Jewish Sibyl—The Scroll of Fasting. ..."