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	Antiquities of the Jews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antiquities of the Jews (Antiquitates Judicae in Latin) was a work published by the Jewish historian Josephus, also known as Flavius Josephus, about 93-4 CE (cf.
		Antiquities of the Jews is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons.
		If genuine, it is the earliest record of Jesus in Jewish sources, and as such is sometimes cited as independent evidence for the historical existence of Jesus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_Antiquities (229 words)

	Josephus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the Jewish garrison of Yodfat was taken under siege, the Romans invaded, killed thousands, and the remaining survivors who had managed to elude the forces committed suicide.
		He makes references to the Sadducees, Jewish High Priests of the time, Pharisees and Essenes, the Herodian Temple, Quirinius' census and the Zealots, and to such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, Agrippa I and II, John the Baptist, James the brother of Jesus, and a highly disputed reference to Jesus.
		94) Antiquities of the Jews, or Jewish Antiquities, or Antiquities of the Jews/Jewish Archeology (frequently abbreviated AJ, AotJ or Ant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josephus (1644 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Flavius Josephus
		He accompanied the emperor as far as Egypt, when the latter had handled over to his son the prosecution of the Jewish War, but then joined the retinue of Titus, and was an eyewitness of the destruction of the Holy City and her Temple.
		The fact that the "Antiquities" testifies to the truth of Divine Revelation among the Jews as among the Christians, and confirms the historical facts related in the Bible by the incontrovertible testimony of pagan authors, renders this work of Josephus of extreme value for the history of the chosen people.
		In the middle of the nineteenth century the interest in the "Jewish Antiquities" was revived by a translation which the Society of St. Charles Borromeo induced Professor Konrad Martin, afterwards Bishop of Paderborn, to undertake in collaboration with Franz Kaulen (1st ed., Cologne, 1852-3; 2nd and 3rd ed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08522a.htm (1511 words)

	First Jewish-Roman War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It began in the year 66, sparked by religious violence between the Jews and the Hellenists; it ended when legions under Titus besieged and destroyed Jerusalem, looted and burned Herod's Temple (in the year 70) and Jewish strongholds (notably Masada in 73), and enslaved or massacred a large part of the Jewish population.
		The defeat of the Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire notably contributed to the numbers and geography of the Jewish Diaspora, as many Jews were scattered after losing their state or were sold into slavery throughout the empire.
		Lucius Flavius Silva replaced him, and moved against the last Jewish stronghold, Masada, in the autumn of 72.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Jewish_Revolt (1270 words)

	Josephus
		The historian known to posterity by the Latinized name Josephus was a member of Jerusalem's priestly aristocracy who, at age 30, was taken hostage in the great Jewish revolt against Rome [66-70 CE] and spent the rest of his life in Roman circles as a protégé of three emperors [Vespasian, Titus and Domitian].
		His constant need to explain his role in the unsuccessful Jewish uprising that climaxed with the destruction of the Jerusalem temple led him to publish four works [in Greek] that are our prime source for information about events that shaped the history of Jews of the second temple period.
		He was one of two sons of a Jewish priest who claimed descent from the Hasmonean family of priests who had won Jewish independence from the Greco-Syrian empire two centuries earlier.
	www.virtualreligion.net /iho/josephus.html (1030 words)

	The Bible - Its Evolution, Contradictions and Inconsistencies - Page 8
		In the passage in Josephus' The Jewish War parallel to the one in the Antiquities about Pilate, there is no mention of Jesus, despite the fact that the account of Pilate in the War is almost as full as the version in the Antiquities.
		It is true that we have a direct quotation of the Antiquities 20 passage by the church historian Eusebius who wrote in the early 4th century, and it does not essentially vary from the extant one.
		Yet curiously enough, the whole Jewish tradition of messianic expectation is a subject Josephus seems to avoid, for he nowhere directly describes it, not even in connection with the rebellious groups and agitators in the period prior to the Jewish War.
	www.angelfire.com /on2/strike/page8.htm (9773 words)

	Flavius Josephus
		In the war between the Jews and the Romans of 66-70, the Jewish general Joseph son of Matthias defended Galilee against the Roman legions.
		The Jewish aristocrats -to which Flavius Josephus belonged- are of course not to blame for the war.
		For example, the account in the Jewish War 1.358-2.117 of king Herod's rule is not simply revised in the books fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of the Jewish Antiquities; instead, Josephus has again retold what was written in one basic source, Nicolaus of Damascus.
	www.livius.org /jo-jz/josephus/josephus.htm (3153 words)

	Josephus - Jewish Antiquities
		Josephus' 20 book magnum opus presents a comprehensive Jewish interpretation of history from the creation of the world to the eve of the Jewish-Roman war (66-70 CE).
		The work was deliberately modeled on the Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus and was designed to prove to Romans that Jews could claim a heritage that was more ancient than theirs.
		In material where the War and the Antiquities overlap, the later account is generally fuller and less pro-Roman but also more defensive of the Jewish cause and the author's association with it.
	virtualreligion.net /iho/antiquities.html (347 words)

	Jewish pirates
		Jewish pirates: hardly known group of buccaneers, active in the early first century BCE.
		The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus writes in his Jewish Antiquities that in 63 BCE, two Jewish leaders, Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, arrived at Damascus, where each of them explained to Pompey why he, and not the other one, should be made king of the Jews.
		All in all, we must admit that the evidence for the existence and activities of Jewish pirates is frustratingly meager, but on the other hand, we have enough evidence to be certain that these odd Jews once existed.
	www.livius.org /ja-jn/jewish_pirates/pirates.html (505 words)

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		A famine also assisted their wickedness, and afflicted the country, till not a few, who by reason of their want of necessaries, and because they were not able to bear up against the miseries that both the famine and their enemies brought upon them, deserted their country, and went to the Macedonians.
		And thus did Fanius dismiss the Jewish ambassadors, and gave them money out of the public treasury; and gave the decree of the senate to those that were to conduct them, and to take care that they should return home in safety.
		So the Jewish ambassadors interceded with him, and entreated him that he would determine nothing that was severe about their queen or nation.
	www.ccel.org /j/josephus/works/ant-13.htm (9258 words)

	Did Josephus Refer to Jesus
		His Jewish Wars, written shortly after the event, and based to a large extent on his own experience, begins with a sketch of Jewish history from the Maccabaean period, before focusing for the bulk of its seven books on the events of the years AD 66‑73.
		But Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews is a more ambitious if less carefully researched work, covering the whole period from the creation to AD 66, and devoting no less than six of its twenty books to the century from the reign of Herod the Great to AD 66.
		The two references to Pilate that precede the TF in Antiquities were relevant to the war because they contributed to the Jewish uprising that lead to the war.
	www.bede.org.uk /Josephus.htm (13390 words)

	The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
		The historical foundations of Chanukah are well documented, in the Apocrypha’s First and Second Books of the Maccabees and "The Jewish War" and "Jewish Antiquities," written by the Jewish historian, Josephus, in the first century of the common era.
		As these sources relate, in the year 167 B.C.E. the king of Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, decreed that only pagan gods could be worshiped in the temples, and the practice of Jewish rituals, including circumcision and Sabbath observance, was outlawed under penalty of death.
		Thus began a bloody three-year guerrilla war against both the Syrian armies and the local Jewish assimilationists that culminated in the liberation of Jerusalem and the cleansing of the Temple there.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/print.php?id=7852 (1093 words)

	JewishGates.Com - The Definitive Source for Talmudic Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Armenian was an antiquities dealer and, when my father telephoned him, he said he needed to talk to him on a matter too important for discussion on the telephone.
		A few hours after his return to Jerusalem, on the night of 29 November, the resolution was carried and there was dancing and jubilation in the streets of Jerusalem, despite the awareness that the morrow could bring widespread attacks.
		He was prompted to do so primarily because of his understanding of their importance, and of his interest in Israel and in Jewish history and culture.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=4 (3070 words)

	JewishGates.Com - The Definitive Source for Talmudic Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jewish Historian and Traitor During the Roman Period
		He was well educated, knowing both Jewish texts and the Greek language (although his Greek grammar was faulty).
		His second major work, Jewish Antiquities, described the entire history of the Jews.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=316 (377 words)

	do we find christian censorship in josephus?
		He tells us about the Jewish religious parties, about John the Baptist who Christians say was the herald of the Messiah and about Jesus's brother, James, whose death he says was a reason for the start of the War in 66 AD.
		Some manuscripts of the Jewish War contain a passage on Jesus extracted from Josephus's companion volume, the Antiquities of the Jews, proving that someone has tampered with the original text, presumably in an attempt to fill the obvious gap left by the initial excision.
		This departure from usual Jewish writings (son of so an so) and typical Jewish speech when referencing names of jewish people betrays the thought process of the later Gentile Christians and not Jews; again betraying that we are reading something that Josephus most likely did not write.
	firstnewtestament.netfirms.com /do_we_find_cx_censorship_josephus.htm (5349 words)

	Jewish Antiquities at Qasr Al-Amir
		For twenty-two years during the reigns of Ptolmey III and Ptolmey IV, Joseph of Tobiades was a tax collector based in Jerusalem.
		Today the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities maintains the ruins of the fortress in Wadi Seer, a twenty minute trip by car from Amman.
		At this time there is a travel advisory of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning travel to Jordan.
	www.jewishmag.com /101mag/qasralamir/qasralamir.htm (543 words)

	I,Claudius Project:Josephus
		CONSULTED WORKS : Jewish War - begins with a summary of Judaic history from 168 BC to AD 66, proceeds with an account of the Roman suppression of the revolt ; Jewish Antiquities - a history of the Jews from creation to AD 66.
		STYLE of Jewish War : The summary of Jewish history with which the work begins, is full of juicy tidbits particularly concerning Herod the Great and his household whose lives are very much intertwined with those of the imperial family at Rome.
		Although it spans a greater period of time, it covers much of the same material as the beginning of the Jewish War, but in a much more detailed manner with detailed descriptions of topography, architecture and political intrigue both in Judaea and in Rome.
	www.anselm.edu /internet/classics/I,CLAUDIUS/josephus.html (239 words)

	Josephus and Jesus Christ
		So he introduced Caesar's effigies, which were upon the ensigns, and brought them into the city; whereas our law forbids us the very making of images; (56) on which account the former procurators were accustomed to make their entry into the city with such ensigns as had not those ornaments.
		“Jewish Antiquities” was published in Rome in 93 A.D., but the original manuscripts have been lost.
		The works of Josephus are not the Holy Bible; “Jewish Antiquities” is not the Word of God in the same sense that the Pentateuch and the Gospels are.
	www.theistic-evolution.com /josephus.html (4163 words)

	Jonathan Tobin
		As the my home paper, Jewish Exponent, went to press with its Rosh Hashanah issue last year, Islamic terrorists launched their war on the United States on Sept. 11, and everything changed.
		The selection of a Jewish gangster as head of the "Soprano" crime family on the HBO series, as consigliere Herman "Hesh" Rabkin (played by Jerry Adler) steps in after Tony is put away by the Feds.
		A continued slump has no impact on Jewish philanthropy, as increased support for Israel in the wake of the war with Iraq and Palestinian terrorism reinvigorates Jewish donors.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/tobin090902.asp (1263 words)

	Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book 12 (c) - translation
		At this Demetrius was very angry, and sent Bacchides, a friend of Antiochus Epiphanes, a good man, and one that had been entrusted with all Mesopotamia, and gave him an army, and committed Alcimus the high priest to his care; and gave him charge to slay Judas, and those that were with him.
		After which the Jewish nation were, for a while, free from wars, and enjoyed peace; but afterward they returned into their former state of wars and hazards.
		But now as the high priest Alcimus, was resolving to pull down the wall of the sanctuary, which had been there of old time, and had been built by the holy prophets, he was smitten suddenly by God, and fell down.
	www.attalus.org /old/aj_12c.html (5415 words)

	WHAT_KILLED_HEROD.page
		Nicolaus wrote a 144-volume history of the world, but unfortunately almost all that remains of the Jewish section of this work is what was quoted or otherwise used by Josephus.
		Despite his achievements and the prosperity of his kingdom, it was, one must not forget, at a considerable cost to the majority of the Jewish society, which had to bear heavy taxations and religious indignities.
		When the people thought he was dying, a group of young men tore down the eagle and cut it to pieces.
	www.geocities.com /re_kts1/WHAT_KILLED_HEROD.html (3154 words)

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		So he introduced Caesar's effigies, which were upon the ensigns, and brought them into the city; whereas our law forbids us the very making of images; on which account the former procurators were wont to make their entry into the city with such ensigns as had not those ornaments.
		THERE was now a tumult arisen at Alexandria, between the Jewish inhabitants and the Greeks; and three ambassadors were chosen out of each party that were at variance, who came to Caius.
		Now this the king did, because he wanted to curb his own governors of provinces by the courage of these Jewish brethren, lest they should make a league with them; for they were ready for a revolt, and were disposed to rebel, had they been sent on an expedition against them.
	www.ccel.org /j/josephus/works/ant-18.htm (8727 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As there was much interest in such a contemporary topic, Josephus went to great lengths to stylize the narrative and to display his knowledge of Greek literature.
		The result was entirely successful, although in his seven books comprising the Jewish War, he chose to ignore the source material used and shown in the Antiquities several years later (93–94).
		Because of his involvement with Rome and his reputation, Josephus was attacked by other Jewish writers and figures of note (see Justus).
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0837 (387 words)

	TBK - The Jesus Forgery: Josephus Unveiled
		For centuries a brief paragraph in "Antiquities of the Jews" by the Jewish historian Josephus (37-100 CE) has been cited as proof of the existence of Jesus Christ.
		It was Josephus's passion to study the Jewish people and their history; yet, other than the obviously bogus TF, and the brief "James passage" mentioned by Taylor above, it turns out that in his voluminous works Josephus discussed neither Christ nor Christianity.
		The many reasons for concluding the Josephus passage to be a forgery have been expounded upon by numerous well-respected authorities, so much so that such individuals have been compelled by honesty and integrity to dismiss the Testimonium in toto as a forgery.
	www.truthbeknown.com /josephus.htm (3766 words)

	Jewish Historian Josephus
		The Jewish historian Josephus left the world with a vast literary legacy.
		The Jewish War - This was the first work of the Jewish historian Josephus and was most likely written in his own tongue, Aramaic.
		The Jewish War is a compilation of sever books detailing battles from the Maccabean era to Masada (AD 73).
	www.allabouthistory.org /jewish-historian-josephus-faq.htm (288 words)

	PaleoJudaica.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to ancient Jewish sources, during the period of Syrian rule, Syrian officers in Israel had the authority to rape all Jewish brides.
		Jewish women were uniquely affected by the oppression, since the Greeks [the Syrians, who were hellenizing successors of part of Alexander the Great's empire] decreed that every virgin bride must first submit to the local Greek commander.
		In antiquity, the chief instruments used for everyday lighting purposes were oil lamps, lanterns, torches, lamp-stands, candles, and hanging lamps.
	paleojudaica.blogspot.com /2004_12_01_paleojudaica_archive.html (11819 words)

	Jews for Judaism FAQ
		Jesus' name appears once in identifying "a man named James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ" (Jewish Antiquities XX.
		Apparently, a change was made in the text during the interval between 280 C.E. and 324 C.E. whereby it was no longer obvious, as it was to Origen, that Josephus did not believe in Jesus.
		Moreover, Josephus considers the revolutionary zealots and apocalyptic messianists responsible for the Jews' revolt against Rome and the consequent destruction of Jewish sovereignty.
	www.jewsforjudaism.org /web/faq/faq064.html (460 words)

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