Jews Accused of Conspiring Against Antioch

Josephus

The Jewish War 7.43–62, 107–111

ca. 75

The Jewish diaspora is strongly represented in native populations throughout the world, but the largest intermingling is in Syria, given the immediate proximity of the two countries. There was a particular concentration of Jews in Antioch, partly because of the size of the city, but mainly because the successors to the first King Antiochus had…

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Josephus

37–100

Flavius Josephus was born into a prominent Jewish priestly family and served as a general stationed in the Galilee during the First Jewish Revolt (66–73 CE). He was captured by the Romans and eventually integrated into the Flavian imperial aristocracy, who commissioned him to compose chronicles of the Jewish–Roman war and the history of the Jews. Josephus’ works, all written in Greek, include The Jewish War, Jewish Antiquities, Against Apion, and his autobiography, Life of Josephus. These writings provide important insights into the Judaisms of the Second Temple period and include one of the few surviving accounts of the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE.

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