Flavius Josephus

Squire Gaylord's parents had called his name Flavius Josephus, in a superstition once cherished by old-fashioned people, that the Jewish historian was somehow a sacred writer.

A Modern Instance William Dean Howells 1878

A million Jews were slaughtered across the land, the terrors chronicled with tabloid zeal by a turncoat historian, Flavius Josephus, whose eye for sensational detail is shared by Mr. Sebag Montefiore.

City of Peace—and War Norman Lebrecht 2011

But the NT plus the often growned upon Flavius Josephus just are not enough for me.

Mythicist Misunderstanding James F. McGrath 2010

According to contemporary historian Flavius Josephus, James the Just was highly respected by the Jewish community of Jerusalem for his righteousness and adherence to the Law of Moses.

Kamran Pasha: Was Jesus a Vegetarian? 2009

This hypothesis connects three factors: the site at Hirbet Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, the scrolls discovered in the nearby caves, and the Essenes, whom we know from the descriptions of three historians — Pliny the Elder, Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria.

Qumran. 2009

What passes as 'the writings of Flavius Josephus' have filtered to us through the Church.

The Messiah-Maker James F. McGrath 2009

With this verse he compares three texts: the Arabic verse which says, The winds of God blew; Flavius Josephus who says, A wind from above was precipitated upon the earth; and finally, the Chaldaic paraphrase of Onkelos, which renders it, A wind coming from God blew upon the face of the waters.

Les Miserables 2008

Piso wrote a propaganda piece against the Jews under the name of Flavius Josephus a supposed historian of that period.

Sheldon Drobny: Ann Coulter Is Right: Christianity Is Judaism 2.0 2008

Such are the excuses that Flavius Josephus gives in his answer to Appion for the history of the Jews being so long unknown.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Chaldæan, from the testimony of the Jew Flavius Josephus himself.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007