He was a historian and hagiographer, who was born in Jerusalem, then part of Roman Judea, to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.
He initially fought against the Romans during the First Jewish-Roman War as head of Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in 67 CE to Roman forces led by Vespasian after the six-week siege of Jotapata. Josephus claimed the Jewish Messianic prophecies that initiated the First Roman-Jewish War made reference to Vespasian becoming Emperor of Rome. In response Vespasian decided to keep Josephus as a slave and presumably interpreter.
After Vespasian became Emperor in 69 CE, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the emperor's family name of Flavius. Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman side and was granted Roman citizenship. He became an advisor and friend of Vespasian's son Titus, serving as his translator when Titus led the Siege of Jerusalem.
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Who was Flavius Josephus? - Henry Abramson
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Josephus' Writings (37-100 AD) on Jesus Christ were a Christian forgery? - Chris Forbes
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Josephus wrote of the Egyptian Jesus - Lena Einhorn
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Jesus was unknown outside of the Gospels. We need Josephus - Lena Einhorn
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Greek: Iesous is not a translation of Hebrew: Yeshua, claimed Josephus, Eusebius, Clement & Cyril. We simply do NOT know Jesus' real name - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian
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Josephus (37-100 AD) proves Jesus existed? - Brittany Valadez (Godless Engineer)
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Was Mark's Gospel copied from Josephus 'War of the Jews' after 75 AD? - Fishers Evidence
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Quick introduction to Flavius Josephus
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Josephus On Jesus | Milwaukee Atheists
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Josephus (37-100 AD): Aramaic was language of Jews in Roman Judea
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Josephus' "Antiquities of Jews" from 94 AD (Book 18, Ch. 3,3) is Unreliable Evidence for Jesus' existence - TruthSurge
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Secular Christian history is Unreliable. Josephus, Pliny, Tacitus, Seutonius, Thallus, Lucian & Celsus' prove nothing! - TruthSurge
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The Talmud (400 AD), Mara Bar-Serapion (73), Celsus (175) & Josephus (37-100) do NOT prove an Historical Jesus ever Existed in 33 AD - Godless Engineer
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