An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
177. The Jewish Revolt (Part 3)
April 21, 2022
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Virgil
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Mentioned in the context of Augustus celebrating his emergence as Caesar by sponsoring Virgil to write this work, compared to how the Flavians patronized Josephus
Author: Josephus
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Referenced as one of the histories Josephus wrote - 'he writes a history of the war' - describing the Jewish revolt against Rome
Author: Josephus
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Referenced as 'He writes a history of the entire history of the Judeans' - one of Josephus's major historical works
Author: Josephus
Context:
Referenced as 'He writes a biography of – an autobiography of himself' - Josephus's autobiographical work
Author: Josephus
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Referenced as 'he writes a defense of the Judeans and their god and their practices against a pagan critic' - Josephus's apologetic work
Author: Rabbinic Compilation
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Mentioned as 'this kind of great corpus of writings that emerge through the 5th, 6th, 7th century' where legends about Vespasian and Titus appear
Author: Anonymous (Biblical)
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Referenced multiple times regarding Jesus's prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem - 'Jesus Christ in the Gospel of St. Luke'