Josephus
historical figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 12 anchored passages
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Jewish historian whose history is cited as the source for the account of Ananias and Tzates.
” Therefore Ananias, the Jew, as we find in the history of Josephus, very properly taught Tzates, or as Tacitus calls him, Ezates, the Adiabenian, that even without circumcision, God might be rightly worshipped and rendered propitious.
A third arguments is derived from the words of John the Baptist, who, at a time when many thousands of the Jews served in the Roman armies, as appears from the testimony of Josephus and others, being seriously asked by the soldiers, what they should do to avoid the wrath of God, did not command them to renounce their military calling, which he ought to have done, had it been inconsistent with the …
Josephus observes, that the love of life is a law of nature strongly implanted in all creatures, and therefore we look upon those as enemies, who would openly deprive us of it.
Apologeticum
Jewish historian cited as native authority on Jewish antiquities.
Josephus the Jew, native champion of Jewish antiquities;