Josephus
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A Roman portrait bust said tae be o Josephus
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| Born | Yosef ben Matityahu 37 Jerusalem, Roman Judea |
| Died | c. 100 |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Captured Jewish woman Alexandrian Jewish woman Greek Jewish woman frae Crete |
| Childer | Flavius Hyrcanus Flavius Simonides Agrippa Flavius Justus |
| Parents | Matthias Jewish noblewoman |
Titus Flavius Josephus (/dʒoʊˈsiːfəs/;[1] 37 – c. 100),[2] born Joseph ben Matityahu (Ebreu: יוסף בן מתתיהו, Yosef ben Matityahu),[3] wis a first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, historian an hagiographer, who wis born in Jerusalem—then pairt o Roman Judea—tae a faither o priestly strynd an a mither who claimed ryal auncestry.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Josephus" entry in Collins English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
- ↑ Louis Feldman, Steve Mason (1999). Flavius Josephus. Brill Academic Publishers.
- ↑ Josephus refers tae himself in his Greek wirks as Ἰώσηπος Ματθίου παῖς, Iōsēpos Matthiou pais (Josephus the son o Matthias). Josephus spoke Aramaic, Ebreu an Greek.
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