JOSEPH BEN MATTHIAS

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Meaning:

Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

Synonyms:

Flavius Josephus; Joseph ben Matthias; Josephus

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

Pharisee (a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions)

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