Perhaps this meal was like the 1932ish Baghdad tea, where she stares " unbelievingly ", horrified by the first hint of the future, when her host Dr Jordan, Director of Antiquities, pausing while playing Beethoven, says " Our Jews are perhaps different from yours.

Parallels between Acts and Josephus ' The Wars of the Jews ( written in 75-80 ) and Antiquities of the Jews ( c. 94 ) have long been argued.

* Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, ( trans.

The first century Jewish historian, Josephus, deals with Ezra in his Antiquities of the Jews.

A page from a 1466 copy of Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus ' Antiquities of the Jews, written around 93 – 94 AD, includes two references to Jesus in Books 18 and 20 and a reference to John the Baptist in Book 18.

In the Antiquities of the Jews ( Book 20, Chapter 9, 1 ) Josephus refers to the stoning of " James the brother of Jesus " by order of Ananus ben Ananus, a Herodian-era High Priest who died c. 68 AD.

Among other things, the authenticity of this passage would help make sense of the later reference in Josephus Antiquities of the Jews Book 20, Chapter 9, 1 where Josephus refers to the stoning of " James the brother of Jesus ".

And again in his Commentary on Matthew ( Book X, Chapter 17 ) Origen refers to Josephus ' Antiquities of the Jews by name and that Josephus had stated that the death of James had brought a wrath upon those who had killed him.

Josephus stated ( Antiquities 18. 5. 2 ) that the AD 36 defeat of Herod Antipas in the conflicts with Aretas IV of Nabatea was widely considered by the Jews of the time as misfortune brought about by Herod's unjust execution of John the Baptist.

A further internal argument against the Testimonium's authenticity is the context of the passage in the Antiquities of the Jews.

( Painter page 136 ) Painter points out that as described in the Antiquities of the Jews ( Book 20, Chapter 9, 2 ) Ananus was bribing both Albinus and Jesus the son of Damnaeus so that his men could take the tithes of other priests outside Jerusalem, to the point that some of whom then starved to death.

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus gives a slightly different account in his Antiquities of the Jews.

According to Josephus ( Antiquities of the Jews I. 6 ):

His most important works were The Jewish War ( c. 75 ) and Antiquities of the Jews ( c. 94 ).

Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Roman audience.

*( c. 94 ) Antiquities of the Jews, or Jewish Antiquities, or Antiquities of the Jews / Jewish Archeology ( frequently abbreviated AJ, AotJ or Ant.

The next work by Josephus is his twenty-one volume Antiquities of the Jews, completed during the last year of the reign of the Emperor Flavius Domitian ( between 1. 9. 93 and 14. 3. 94, cf.

However, according to Josephus, in Antiquities, Book 7, Chapter 1, Joab had forgiven Abner for the death of his brother, Asahel, the reason being that Abner had slain Asahel honorably in combat after he had first warned Asahel and had no other choice but to kill him out of self defense.

The overwhelming majority of modern scholars consider the reference in Book 20, Chapter 9, 1 of the Antiquities to " the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James " to be authentic and to have the highest level of authenticity among the references of Josephus to Christianity.

Almost all modern scholars consider the reference in Book 18, Chapter 5, 2 of the Antiquities to the imprisonment and death of John the Baptist to also be authentic.

Scholars have differing opinions on the total or partial authenticity of the reference in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilate, a passage usually called the Testimonium Flavianum.

The Testimonium Flavianum ( meaning the testimony of Flavius < nowiki ></ nowiki >) is the name given to the passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities in which Josephus describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities.

Book 20 of the Antiquities do not appear in any other versions of Josephus ' The Jewish War except for a Slavonic version of the Testimonium Flavomium ( at times called Testimonium Slavonium ) which surfaced in the west at the beginning of the 20th century, after its discovery in Russia at the end of the 19th century.

The more important are the book of Jubilees and the Book of Biblical Antiquities.

It is much more likely that Saul had no official high priest after this incident until the end of his reign ( see Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews, Book VI, Chapter XII, Paragraph 7.

* Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews Book XVIII, Chapter 6 English translation

While the deuterocanonical Book of Baruch ( Baruch 1: 11, 12 ) and the writings of Josephus ( Antiquities 10. 11. 2-4 § 231-247 ) do mention Belshazzar, the references to Belshazzar in these works were ultimately dependent on the book of Daniel.

The first century CE historian Josephus recounts the origins of Purim in Book 11 of his Antiquities of the Jews.

* Josephus Antiquities of the Jews Book 2

*" Biography: Pietre Metastasio ", The Every-day Book and Table Book ; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days, in Past and Present Times ; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac, Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature ; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communication, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion.

* " The Book of Documents ", The Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1950.

The name " Salome " is given to the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas ( unnamed in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark ) in Josephus's Jewish Antiquities ( Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4 ): Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome ; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to

As Josephus reports in Jewish Antiquities ( Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4 ): Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne II, the daughter of Simon the High Priest.

It is based on an historical event described by Livy ( Book I, sections 24-6 ) and elaborated by Dionysius in Roman Antiquities ( Book III ).

Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U. S. National Monuments.

However, although both the gospels and Josephus refer to Herod Antipas killing John the Baptist, they differ on the details and motives, e. g. whether this act was a consequence of the marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodias ( as indicated in Matthew 14: 4, Mark 6: 18 ), or a pre-emptive measure by Herod which possibly took place before the marriage to quell a possible uprising based on the remarks of John, as Josephus suggests in Antiquities 18. 5. 2.

An account of John the Baptist is found in all extant manuscripts of the Jewish Antiquities ( book 18, chapter 5, 2 ) by Flavius Josephus ( 37 – 100 ):

Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the year 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U. S. National Monuments.

On April 18, 2011, the National Council of Egypt ’ s Administrative Court issued a decree stopping the court ruling, specifying that he would not serve any jail time, and would remain in his position as Minister of Antiquities.

On January 18, 1933, President Herbert Hoover created the White Sands National Monument, acting under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906.

On June 18, 2003 the Israeli Antiquities Authority ( IAA ) published a report concluding that the inscription is a modern forgery based on their analysis of the patina.

Most modern scholars also view Josephus ' account ( in Antiquities 18. 5. 2 ) of the execution of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas, and the marriage of Herod and Herodias to be authentic.

Josephus ' Antiquities of the Jews, written around 93 – 94 AD, includes two references to Jesus in Books 18 and 20.

The Testimonium Flavianum ( meaning the testimony of Flavius < nowiki ></ nowiki >) is the name given to the passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities in which Josephus describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities.

Scholars have differing opinions on the total or partial authenticity of the reference in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilate, a passage usually called the Testimonium Flavianum ..

* Josephus Jewish Antiquities 18

" Legends and Cults in Ancient China ," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 18: 199-365.

The identication sometimes made with a certain Thallus of Samaria who is mentioned in some editions of Josephus ' Antiquities ( 18. 167 ) fails because that name only appears in those editions because of an idiosyncratic alteration of the text by John Hudson in 1720.

Jewish Antiquities, Books 18 – 19

* Josephus, Antiquities 18. 259, 19. 276, 20. 100-103

# Antiquities 18. 6. 3