Against the Greeks

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Against the Greeks is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus defending Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and prejudices of Greco-Roman writers.

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Against the Greeks canonical 1
Against the Greeks (Pros Hellenas) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lost work ⓘ
polemical work ⓘ
author Flavius Josephus ⓘ
culturalContext Greco-Roman world ⓘ
describedBySource Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
extantStatus known only by references in later authors ⓘ
genre apologetic literature ⓘ
religious polemic ⓘ
hasAuthor Yosef ben Matityahu (Flavius Josephus) ⓘ
linked to: Flavius Josephus
hasAuthorOccupation Jewish priest ⓘ
historian ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple period ⓘ
intendedAudience Greco-Roman readers ⓘ
Jewish readers ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
literaryForm prose treatise ⓘ
mainSubject Greco-Roman criticism of Judaism ⓘ
Jewish history ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
mentionedIn Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
purpose defend Judaism against Greek and Roman accusations ⓘ
refute prejudices of Greco-Roman writers ⓘ
relatedWork Against Apion ⓘ
Jewish Antiquities ⓘ
religiousPerspective Jewish apologetic ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
timeOfComposition 1st century CE ⓘ
titleVariant Against the Greeks (Pros Hellenas) ⓘ
linked to: Against the Greeks
workStatus lost ⓘ

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Against Apion → alternativeTitle → Against the Greeks ⓘ
Against the Greeks → titleVariant → Against the Greeks (Pros Hellenas) ⓘ
linked to: Against the Greeks