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Joseph ben Matthias

DEFINITIONS OF: Joseph ben Matthias

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n Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

Synonyms:
Flavius Josephus, Josephus
Example of:
full general, general
a general officer of the highest rank
historian, historiographer
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Pharisee
a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
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