Antiquities of the Jews
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Antiquities of the Jews is a comprehensive historical work by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that recounts the history of the Jewish people from biblical times up to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Antiquities of the Jews Context triple: [The Jewish War, relatedWork, Antiquities of the Jews]
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Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
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Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
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Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
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Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Antiquities of the Jews Target entity description: Antiquities of the Jews is a comprehensive historical work by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that recounts the history of the Jewish people from biblical times up to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War.
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A.
Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
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B.
Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
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C.
Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
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D.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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E.
4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish historiography
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book ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to defend Judaism against misrepresentation
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to present Jewish history to a Greco-Roman audience ⓘ |
| author | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tanakh
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surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Jewish traditions ⓘ Josephus’s own historical sources ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| completionDate | c. 93 CE ⓘ |
| containsAccountOf |
Babylonian exile
ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form:
Israelite monarchy
Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form:
Moses and the Exodus
late Second Temple period ⓘ lives of the biblical patriarchs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Domitian
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surface form:
Emperor Domitian
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| genre |
Jewish history
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history ⓘ religious history ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Antiquities of the Jews
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Book 1 of Antiquities of the Jews
Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book 2 of Antiquities of the Jews
Antiquities of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book 3 of Antiquities of the Jews
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| historicalContextOfComposition | Flavian period of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian biblical scholarship
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patristic writers ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinTitle |
Antiquities of the Jews
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Antiquitates Judaicae
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| notableFor |
its influence on later Jewish and Christian historiography
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paraphrasing and expanding biblical narratives ⓘ providing extra-biblical details about Jewish history ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 20 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Antiquities of the Jews
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία
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| relatedWork |
Against Apion
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Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form:
The Jewish War
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| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| settingOfComposition | Rome ⓘ |
| structure | 20 books divided into smaller sections ⓘ |
| subject |
Second Temple Judaism
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biblical history ⓘ history of the Jewish people ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Hasmonean dynasty
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surface form:
Hasmonean period
Herodian period ⓘ biblical period ⓘ from Creation to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | early Christian historians ⓘ |
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Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία
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