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Definition of 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).

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Literary usage of Josephus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1903)
"The relation of Luke to Josephus has recently been rediscussed ; on the one side by Clemen (Die Chronologie der paulin. Briefe, Halle, 1893) and Krenkel ..."

2. The History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period Down to Modern Times by Henry Hart Milman (1870)
"Josephus, comparing himself, of course to his own advantage, ... Josephus, on the other hand, had presented his History both to Vespasian and to Titus, ..."

3. The Antiquary (1873)
"Therefore, it must be admitted, I hold : first, that appearances are strongly in favour of the supposition that Josephus not only had opportunity of ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"13, 3), Josephus describes the sicarii, and then passes on, after a-short section, to the Egyptian. He states that he collected thirty thousand people, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The chronology of Josephus raises questions, when compared with Ezra ix., x. ... 28 seems to have the same basis as the narrative of Josephus; ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"On turning to Josephus we find that both Theudas and Judas the ... According to Josephus, Theudas gave himself out as a prophet, in the reign of Claudius, ..."

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