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A Short Biography of Flavius Josephus

Author Name:

Flavius Josephus

Born As:

Other Names:

Flavius Josephus

Born:

37

Died:

100




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Historian and Hagiographer                          
Selected Works:

War of the Jews, or The Jewish War, or Jewish Wars, or History of the Jewish War (commonly abbreviated JW, BJ or War - c. 75

Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades (spurious; adaptation of "Against Plato, on the Cause of the Universe" by Hippolytus of Rome - date unknown

Antiquities of the Jews, or Jewish Antiquities, or Antiquities of the Jews/Jewish Archeology (frequently abbreviated AJ, AotJ or Ant. or Antiq - c. 94
Flavius Josephus Against Apion, or Against Apion, or Contra Apionem, or Against the Greeks, on the antiquity of the Jewish people - usually abbreviated CA - c. 97
The Life of Flavius Josephus, or Autobiography of Flavius Josephus (abbreviated Life or Vita - c. 99.                          
                          
                          
Yoseph Ben Mattithyahu in Biblical Hebrew - Joseph son of Matthias.

Josephus was a law-observant Jew who believed in the compatibility of Judaism and Graeco-Roman thought, commonly referred to as Hellenistic Judaism.