Biographical dossier

Josephus

Josephus is classified in the historical people index as HISTORIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

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Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q134461
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q134461
Wikidata ID
Q134461
Occupation class
HISTORIAN
Life span
AD 37–AD 100
Birth anchor
Jerusalem (AD 37)
Death anchor
Rome (AD 100)
HPI
83.03027594807062

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 37 and AD 100. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Jerusalem (AD 37). Death: Rome (AD 100).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class HISTORIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 10.236490454529045.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening

Historical horizon

Josephus is a principal first-century witness for Judea, the Jewish War, the Herodian world and the destruction of Jerusalem. His apologetic, political and autobiographical purposes must be weighed alongside the information preserved in his works.

Primary-source path

  • Jewish War
  • Jewish Antiquities
  • Against Apion
  • Life
  • Roman and archaeological evidence for first-century Judea

Geography and institutions

Birth anchor: Jerusalem; Death anchor: Rome The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.

Connected study paths

Second TempleApostolic ageWorld History map

This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.