Antiquities of the Jews

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Jewish historiography book historical work

Antiquities of the Jews is a comprehensive historical work by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that recounts the history of the Jewish people from biblical times up to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Antiquities of the Jews canonical	24
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews	14
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews	5
Jewish Antiquities	5
Josephus – Antiquities of the Jews	4
Josephus Antiquities of the Jews	3
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities	2
Antiquitates Judaicae	1
Book 1 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Book 2 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Book 3 of Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)	1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews	1
Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews (disputed passages)	1
Works of Flavius Josephus	1
Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652260 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Antiquities of the Jews
Context triple: [The Jewish War, relatedWork, Antiquities of the Jews]

A. Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
B. Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
C. Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
D. Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
E. 4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Antiquities of the Jews
Target entity description: Antiquities of the Jews is a comprehensive historical work by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that recounts the history of the Jewish people from biblical times up to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War.

A. Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
B. Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
C. Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
D. Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
E. 4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish historiography ⓘ book ⓘ historical work ⓘ
aim	to defend Judaism against misrepresentation ⓘ to present Jewish history to a Greco-Roman audience ⓘ
author	Flavius Josephus ⓘ
basedOn	Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Jewish traditions ⓘ Josephus’s own historical sources ⓘ
commissionedBy	Flavian dynasty ⓘ
completionDate	c. 93 CE ⓘ
containsAccountOf	Babylonian exile ⓘ Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Israelite monarchy ⓘ linked to: Ancient Israel Moses and the Exodus ⓘ linked to: Revelation at Mount Sinai late Second Temple period ⓘ lives of the biblical patriarchs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Emperor Domitian ⓘ linked to: Domitian
genre	Jewish history ⓘ history ⓘ religious history ⓘ
hasPart	Book 1 of Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ linked to: Antiquities of the Jews Book 2 of Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ linked to: Antiquities of the Jews Book 3 of Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ linked to: Antiquities of the Jews
historicalContextOfComposition	Flavian period of the Roman Empire ⓘ
influenced	Christian biblical scholarship ⓘ patristic writers ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
latinTitle	Antiquitates Judaicae ⓘ linked to: Antiquities of the Jews
notableFor	its influence on later Jewish and Christian historiography ⓘ paraphrasing and expanding biblical narratives ⓘ providing extra-biblical details about Jewish history ⓘ
numberOfBooks	20 ⓘ
originalTitle	Ἰουδαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία ⓘ linked to: Antiquities of the Jews
relatedWork	Against Apion ⓘ The Jewish War ⓘ linked to: Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
settingOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
structure	20 books divided into smaller sections ⓘ
subject	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ biblical history ⓘ history of the Jewish people ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	Hasmonean period ⓘ linked to: Hasmonean dynasty Herodian period ⓘ biblical period ⓘ from Creation to the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	early Christian historians ⓘ

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Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jewish War → relatedWork → Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ

subject linked to: Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"

Flavius Josephus → notableWork → Jewish Antiquities ⓘ