In later years Josephus Daniels was to claim that World War 1, was the first in American history in which there was great concern for both the health and morals of our soldiers.

Several scholars have argued that Acts used material from both of Josephus ' works, rather than the other way around, which would indicate that Acts was written around the year 100 or later.

The name Ahasuerus is equivalent to Xerxes, both deriving from the Persian Khshayārsha, thus Ahasuerus is usually identified as Xerxes I ( 486-465 BCE ), though Ahasuerus is identified as Artaxerxes in the later Greek version of Esther ( as well as by Josephus, the Jewish commentary Esther Rabbah, the Ethiopic translation and the Christian theologian Bar-Hebraeus who identified him more precisely as Artaxerxes II ).

The accounts by Josephus and Philo show that the Essenes led a strictly communal lifeoften compared by scholars to later Christian monastic living.

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 ".

Although there is no doubt that most ( but not all ) of the later copies of the Antiquities contained references to Jesus and John the Baptist, it cannot be definitively shown that these were original to Josephus writings, and were not instead added later by Christian interpolators.

Much of the scholarly work concerning the references to Jesus in Josephus has thus concentrated on close textual analysis of the Josephan corpus to determine the degree to which the language, as preserved in both early Christian quotations and the later transmissions, should be considered authentic.

However, the account of Josephus differs from that of later works by Hegesippus, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and Eusebius of Caesarea that it simply has James stoned while the others have other variations such as having James thrown from the top of the Temple, stoned, and finally beaten to death by laundrymen as well as his death occurring during the siege of Jerusalem in AD 69.

Philip Carrington states that there is no reason to question the authenticity of the Josephus passage on James, and elaborates the background by stating that Ananus continued to remain a power within the Jewish circles at the time even after being deposed, and that it is likely that the charges brought against James by Ananus were not only because of his Christian association but because he objected to the oppressive policies against the poor ; hence explaining the later indignation of the more moderate Jewish leaders.

As with other passages in Josephus relating to Christian themes, concern remains over whether the passage was part of Josephus's original text or instead a later addition-it can be dated back no further than the early 3rd century when it is quoted by Origen in Contra Celsum.

It was while being confined at Yodfat that Josephus claimed to have experienced a divine revelation, that later led to his speech predicting Vespasian would become emperor.

During this time he became the patron of Flavius Josephus, a Jewish resistance leader captured at the Siege of Yodfat, who would later write his people's history in Greek.

Goliath's stature grew at the hand of narrators or scribes: the oldest manuscripts — the Dead Sea Scrolls text of Samuel, the first-century historian Josephus, and the fourth century Septuagint manuscripts — all give his height as " four cubits and a span " (); later manuscripts increase this to " six cubits and a span " ().

It is later described in the territory of the tribe of Asher and according to Josephus, was ruled by one of Solomon's provincial governors.

In ancient writings the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were first described by Berossus, a Babylonian priest of Marduk who lived in the late 4th century BC, although his books are known only from quotations by later authors ( e. g., Flavius Josephus ).

The single account of the Massacre comes in the Gospel of Matthew: it is not mentioned in Luke's gospel or by any contemporaneous historians, or by the later Roman Jewish historian, Josephus.

A maritime city named Cziv, nine miles north of Acre, is mentioned by Josephus Flavius, and later by Eusebius.

* In the Torah, it is also the name of a gem-stone associated with the Tribe of Asher that has been identified by the Septuagint and by Josephus as the " gold stone " χρυσόλιθος ( whose identification remains in dispute, possibly topaz, probably not modern chrysolite ), and later as aquamarine.

), and for later writers, Polybius, Josephus, the Chronicon Paschale, George Syncellus, George Hamartolus, and so on.

The name " Judaea " has also been used to describe the Hasmonean Kingdom although this name reflects the later designation of the region under the Romans at the time of Josephus ' writings in the late 1st century CE.

in addition to Flavius Josephus, this is also the view found in the Talmud ( Chullin 89a, Pesahim 94b, Erubin 53a, Avodah Zarah 53b ), and later midrash such as Genesis Rabba.

On July 27, 1917, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels approved the project ; the contract was let on August 6, 1917 and ground was broken four days later.

The earliest known such reference to Josephus ' work is found in the writings of the third century patristic author Origen, although he does not provide any direct reference to the passages involving Jesus.

Paul Maier states that the first case is generally seen as hopeless, given that a Jew, Josephus would not have claimed Jesus as the Messiah, and that the second option is hardly tenable given the presence of the reference in all Greek manuscripts ; thus a large majority of modern scholars accept the third alternative, i. e. partial authenticity.

Josephus suggested a method of collective suicide: they drew lots and killed each other, one by one, counting to every third person.

About 71, Josephus married an Alexandrian Jewish woman as his third wife.

the emigrations of the Alans seem to have been directed westward to the Lower Don ; here they are placed in the first century by Josephus and by the Armenian writers ; and hence they are found issuing in the third century to ravage the rich provinces of Asia Minor.

According to Photius, Agrippa died, childless, at the age of seventy, in the third year of the reign of Trajan, that is, 100, but statements of historian Josephus, in addition to the contemporary epigraphy from his kingdom, cast this date into serious doubt.

The earlier part is largely drawn from Josephus ; for Roman history he chiefly followed Cassius Dio up to the early third century.

Archduke Charles ( baptised: Carolus Franciscus Josephus Wenceslaus Balthasar Johannes Antonius Ignatius ), the second son of the Emperor Leopold I and of his third wife, Princess Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, was born on 1 October 1685.

") and third by the reference of Flavius Josephus to the imprisonment and execution ( Ant 18. 5. 2 ) of John the baptist by Herod Antipas.

Judah was the third son ( Josephus ) of Mattathias the Hasmonean, a Jewish priest from the village of Modiin.

The first was the Conversion of Paul in the early 30's ( and the possible conversion of his teacher Gamaliel ), the second was the Council of Jerusalem c. 50, and the third was the Destruction of the Second Temple in 70, which according to Josephus was one of the most significant events of the First Jewish – Roman War.

A third method uses the date of the death of John the Baptist based on the writings of Josephus, and correlates it to Matthew 14: 4.

") and third by the reference of Flavius Josephus to the imprisonment and execution ( Ant 18. 5. 2 ) of John the baptist by Herod Antipas.

* Flavius Hyrcanus, third son of Josephus

" Remsburg then states " The fact that the early fathers, who were acquainted with Josephus, and who would have hailed with joy even this evidence of Christ's existence, do not cite it, while Origen expressly declares that Josephus has not mentioned Christ, is conclusive proof that it did not exist until the middle of the third century or later.

The reference comes from Book 3, Chapter 8, par 7 of Josephus ' The Jewish War ( writing of himself in the third person ):

The third form of the tradition is that of Jason of Cyrene, on which the second Book of the Maccabees is based ; and Schlatter is even of the opinion that Josephus himself drew his account of the Tobiads from this same source.

Flavius Josephus refers to the Cushite as a wife that Moses married before fleeing Egypt — He married her during his campaign south of Egypt as a general for the Egyptians.

Dr. Josephus Hopwood and his wife Sarah LaRue Hopwood.