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    Flavius Josephus (/dʒoʊˈsiːfəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἰώσηπος, Iṓsēpos; c. AD 37 – c. 100) or Yosef ben Mattityahu (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף בֵּן מַתִּתְיָהוּ) was a Roman–Jewish...
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    In computer science and mathematics, the Josephus problem (or Josephus permutation) is a theoretical problem related to a certain counting-out game. Such...
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    historian Flavius Josephus provides external information on some people and events found in the New Testament. The extant manuscripts of Josephus' book Antiquities...
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  • Josephus (Titus Flavius Josephus; 37 – c. 100) was a Roman Jewish historian. Josephus may also refer to: Josephus Abudacnus/Josephus Barbatus (Yusuf ibn...
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    is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by historian Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Domitian, which was 94 CE...
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    Salome (section Josephus)
    account by Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was...
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    Josephus Lyles (born 22 July 1998) is an American sprinter. He attended T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. His personal best of 19.93...
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  • are recorded in the works of the 1st century CE Roman–Jewish historian Josephus. Despite Herod's successes, including single-handedly forging a new aristocracy...
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    pp. 96, 167. Josephus, The Wars of the Jews II.19.9 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews III.1.2 Josephus, The War of the Jews III.4.2 Josephus, The Wars of...
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    religion. Retrieved 2 May 2013. Josephus, Antiquities 18.181. Josephus, Antiquities 17.20, War 1.562. Milwitzky 638. Josephus, Antiquities 17.20–21. Bruce...
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    Caiaphas (section Josephus)
    High Priest of Israel during the years of Jesus' ministry, according to Josephus. In the New Testament, the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John indicate he...
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    of Josephus - Page Two". www.josephus.org. Retrieved 9 March 2023. Josephus, "Book XX", The Antiquities of the Jews, retrieved 9 March 2023 Josephus. The...
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  • The Life of (Flavius) Josephus (Greek: Ἰωσήπου βίος Iosepou bios), also called the "Life of Flavius Josephus", or simply Vita, is an autobiographical text...
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    quotes by Josephus, Eusebius and Jerome, was highly critical of Josephus' The Jewish War, prompting a sharp response from Josephus. In Life, Josephus defends...
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    The Slavonic Josephus is an Old East Slavic translation of Flavius Josephus' History of the Jewish War which contains numerous interpolations and omissions...
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    source. Lawrence Schiffman states that after studying Josephus and the Temple Scroll, he found Josephus to be historically more reliable than the Temple Scroll...
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    Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and the first book of The Jewish War by historian Josephus (37 – c. 100 CE), the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (r. 175–164)...
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  • ritual purity, and held a dualistic worldview. According to Jewish writers Josephus and Philo, the Essenes numbered around four thousand, and resided in various...
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    Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor from the 1880s until his death, who managed The News &...
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    source, Flavius Josephus, a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans, in whose service he became a historian. According to Josephus the long siege by...
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    Josephus. AJ. 19.9.2.. and endnote 1 ; Josephus. AJ. 20.1.3.. ; Josephus. AJ. 20.5.2.. ; Josephus. AJ. 20.7.1.. ; Josephus. AJ. 20.7.8.. ; Josephus....
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    prevented them from penetrating the third and thickest wall. According to Josephus, a contemporary historian and the main source for the war, the city was...
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  • Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (4 December 1735, Vienna – 17 February 1805, Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and zoologist of Italian origin. Laurenti is...
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  • the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes. Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, associates the sect with the...
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  • Josephus, also called Josephe or Josephes, is the son of Joseph of Arimathea and an early keeper of the Holy Grail in some tellings of the Arthurian legend...
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  • The only source for the history of the Sicarii is Josephus. Victims of the Sicarii are said by Josephus to have included the High Priest Jonathan, and 700...
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    Peter Joseph William Debye ForMemRS (/dɪˈbaɪ/ dib-EYE; born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏz dəˈbɛiə]; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966)...
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    Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk (31 January 1802 – 5 February 1831) was a Dutch naval lieutenant commander with the United Netherlands Navy who became a hero...
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    USS Josephus Daniels (DLG/CG-27) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World...
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  • military leader Josephus (dated circa 93–94 AD) and a mention in Annals by Roman historian Tacitus (circa 116 AD). From just Paul, Josephus, and Tacitus...
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