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| Title: The Credibility of Josephus Secondary Title: Collected Papers: Josephus Flavius: Historian of Eretz-Israel in the Hellenistic-Roman Period Pages: 379-384 Type: Book Section Year: 1982 Abstract: "A. Archaeological data. - B. Other data. - C. The Source of Josephus' accurate data: the commentaries. - D. Further use of the commentaries. - E. On Josephus' Accuracy".
"Josephus' data on archaeological material, geography, population statistics, and military matters are accurate in many instances. The sources for much of Josephus' accurate information were the Roman military commentaries (hypomnemata), to which he had access from the very beginning of his literary career". - D.J.H. Keywords: Examination of the Complete work, Jos as historian |