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Definition of Joseph ben Matthias

1. Noun. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100).

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Literary usage of Joseph ben Matthias

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1. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1898)
"Joseph ben Matthias (Flavius Josephus, 38-95), historian, descendant of ... Joseph ben Matthias (continued), defeated by Vespasian, 2, 285. appeals to the ..."

2. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1893)
"To Joseph ben Matthias was entrusted the most important place of all. The people, still dazzled by the magic of aristocratic names, could not allow men of ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"JOSEPHUS, jô-sè'fus, Flavius (Jewish name, Joseph ben Matthias), Jewish historian: b. Jerusalem, 37 AD; d. about 95 AD He was carefully educated and in 64 ..."

4. Select Poems of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Campbell, Longfellow by Frederick Henry Sykes, Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, William Wordsworth, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Thomas Campbell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917 (1895)
"Flavius Josephus( Joseph ben Matthias) (37 AD-97 or I00), governor of Galilee during the Roman conquest of Palestine, friend of the emperor Titus, ..."

5. The Jewish Trinity by Yoel Natan (2003)
"The Language Situation in First Century Judea Joseph ben Matthias (later Josephus Flavius) was a Jewish priest, Pharisee, general and historian. ..."

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