First century CE Jewish historian (38-.100 CE). He spent the early part of his life in Israel, even commanding Galilean troops in the First Jewish Revolt; upon capture by the Romans, he spent the rest of his life as an honored client of the Flavian dynasty in Rome and there penned his important histories, The Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War. Both of these works include descriptions of the Essenes ( Ant. 15.371-379; 18.18-22; War 2.119-161); see also Life 10.
Jewish historian under Vespasianus.
first century CE Jewish historian and a main source for the history of Petra
(c. 37-100 CE) - roman name of Joseph Ben-Matityahu, the Jewish military leader that was captured by Romans during the Jewish Revolt, and later became a historian. His works constitute the best available source for the study of Jewish life of that period, though he is to some extent considered a traitor of Jewish people, and his historical works are not always objective.
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
Flavius Josephus, a Jewish Historian who lived from 37 A.D. to 100 A.D. His writings provide the most comprehensive account outside of the Bible, of life during the first century A.D.
(also known as Flavius Josephus) The Jewish general and author in the latter part of the first century C.E. who wrote a massive history (Antiquities) of the Jews and a detailed treatment of the Jewish revolt against Rome in 66-73 C.E.
Jewish Roman historian who lived at the end of the first century AD
a Jewish historian who wrote a 20 volume history of the Jews from their beginning to the end of Nero's reign. He was the governor of Galilee when war broke out between the Jews and the Romans in 66 AD.
A Roman historian of Jewish origins who lived from about 40 C.E. to 100 C.E. His work 'The Jewish Wars' written on the comtemporary Roman wars to fight the Jewish uprisings are the best accounts (from a Roman viewpoint) of the jews of that time.
Josephus (37 – shortly after 100 AD/CE), who became known, in his capacity as a Roman citizen, as Flavius JosephusJosephus refers to himself in his Greek works as JÅsÄ“pos Matthiou pais (Josephus the son of Matthais). Although Josephus also spoke Aramaic and most probably also Hebrew, no extant sources record his name in these languages. However, his Hebrew/Aramaic name has gone down in Jewish history as יוסף בן מתתיהו (Yosef ben Matityahu) and thus he is commonly known in Israel today., was a 1st-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70.
