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Oct 8, 2021 · The Death of James, the Brother of Jesus. In describing the rule of the procurator Albinus (62 CE), Josephus included the story of the stoning of James, the brother of Jesus: And now Caesar, upon hearing the death of Festus, sent Albinus into Judea, as procurator.
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He was very skillful in the laws of Moses, and was well acquainted with king Xerxes. He had determined to go up to Jerusalem, and to take with him some of those Jews that were in Babylon; and he desired that the king would give him an epistle to the governors of Syria, by which they might know who he was.
holds that Josephus meant only to qualify later prophecy, not to exclude it. This essay broaches the more basic question of what an ἀκριβὴς διαδοχή means.
Most scholars agree that the following story, told by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in his Jewish antiquities 11.317-345, is not true. One argument is that Alexander is shown a book that was not yet written.
Whenever Josephus gets a chance to describe himself, from the prologue of the War (1.1-3) through the Antiquities-Life (e.g., Life 1) to the Apion (1.1-50; 2.145-96), he consistently presents himself as a proud member of the hereditary élite in Judea formed by the priesthood.
Dec 22, 2022 · In Josephus’ understanding, Antiochus IV was wicked and the Maccabees were righteous, so God gave them power to free Judea from Seleucid yoke. The most righteous of all the Hasmoneans was John Hyrcanus, which explains his great success as ruler of Judea and conqueror of the neighboring provinces.
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However, this notion seems to be confirmed by what the same Josephus says concerning David's and many other kings of Judah's sepulchers, which as the authors of the books of Kings and Chronicles say were in the city of David, so does Josephus still say they were in Jerusalem.
