The Jewish War
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book by Flavius Josephus
Key facts
- Author
- Josephus
- Original title
- Flavius Josephus's Books of the History of the Jewish War Against the Romans
- Language
- Aramaic (lost), Greek
- Genre
- History
- Publication date
- c. AD 75
- Publication place
- Roman Empire
- Followed by
- Antiquities of the Jews
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Josephus
- Main subject
- First Jewish-Roman War
- Image
- Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, Cologne, Ms. 163.jpg
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- title
- 猶太戰爭
- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- The Jewish War
- time period
- ancient history
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Encyclopedic overview
The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian. It has been described by the biblical historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history".
Content
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Jewish War” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.