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The 38 pages that link to Josephus, each with the reason it gives.

• JesusRelated: His writings offer rare non-Christian evidence relevant to Jesus’s historical setting.

• TacitusRelated: His account of the war provides a parallel to Tacitus’s treatment of Judaea.

• Acts of the ApostlesRelated: His accounts provide external context for some political figures and settings named in Acts.

• Second TempleRelated: His accounts preserve detailed descriptions of the Temple and its destruction.

• ManethoRelated: His response to Manetho preserves and disputes claims about Egypt’s past and the Jews.

• Herod the GreatRelated: His accounts are a principal surviving narrative source for Herod’s reign.

• Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)Related: His narrative describes Jerusalem’s factions, famine, and capture from an eyewitness perspective.

• First Jewish–Roman WarRelated: His account, The Jewish War, is the principal narrative source for the conflict.

• Destruction of the Second TempleRelated: His narrative is a major ancient source for the Temple's fall.

• John the BaptistRelated: His account of John offers a non-Christian ancient perspective on the preacher and his execution.

• VespasianRelated: His histories preserve accounts of Vespasian’s campaign and the prophecy associated with his rise.

• Maccabean RevoltRelated: His later account provides a different historical narrative from the Books of Maccabees.

• PhariseesRelated: His accounts are a principal ancient source for Pharisaic beliefs and social standing.

• Philo of AlexandriaCompared with: His historical presentation of Judaism offers a contemporary counterpart to Philo’s philosophical exposition.

• Second Temple periodRelated: His histories are major sources for the period’s final decades.

• YavnehRelated: His accounts document the war and its leaders but do not confirm a canon-setting council at Yavneh.

• ClaudiusRelated: Josephus preserves accounts of Claudius’s policies toward Jewish communities and his rise.

• Ancient historiographyBroader topic: His histories negotiate between Jewish historical traditions and Roman imperial audiences.

• James the JustRelated: Josephus reports James’s execution during the high priesthood of Ananus II.

• SadduceesRelated: His accounts provide key descriptions of Sadducean beliefs and political standing.

• Titus (Roman emperor)Related: His history describes Titus’s campaigns in Judaea from a contemporary, though complex, perspective.

• Flavian dynastyRelated: His writings preserve accounts of Vespasian’s rise and the dynasty’s eastern campaigns.

• Siege towerRelated: His narrative is a major written source for ancient siege equipment and tactics.

• Herod AntipasRelated: His account links Antipas’s defeat by Aretas to the repudiation of Aretas’s daughter.

• Parable of the Good SamaritanRelated: His accounts offer historical context for Samaritan and Jewish communities in the era.

• SanhedrinRelated: His accounts provide evidence about Jewish political institutions under Roman rule.

• MasadaRelated: His account is the principal ancient narrative of Masada’s siege and its defenders’ deaths.

• Pontius PilateRelated: Josephus preserves accounts of Pilate’s administration independent of the Gospels.

• 2 MaccabeesRelated: His later account offers a different narrative source for the same period.

• EssenesRelated: His account is a major source for the Essenes’ customs and communities.

• 1 MaccabeesRelated: His account of the revolt offers a later retelling shaped by different historical aims.

• Hiram IRelated: Josephus transmits later accounts of Hiram and links biblical chronology with Phoenician history.

• Antiquities of the JewsRelated: He composed this history to present Jewish antiquity to a Greek-speaking audience.

• Codex GigasRelated: The Codex Gigas includes Latin versions of works attributed to Josephus.

• Simon the ZealotRelated: His accounts inform modern understanding of organized Zealots, though they do not identify Simon.

• Yohanan ben ZakkaiRelated: His history provides a contemporary account of the war surrounding Yohanan’s traditional story.

• Elizabeth CaryRelated: Cary’s dramatic Mariam differs from the figure preserved in Josephus’s historical narrative.

• Temple menorahRelated: His account describes the Temple treasures carried in Titus’s triumph.