has written anoeuvreabout these things” (336). It is difficult to see how
Josephus’s audiences could have understood him to be responding to
Justus all along. He elsewhere demonstrates his ability to establish his tar-
gets at the outset of a work, when he devotes his work to combating them
(J.W.1.1-2;Ag. Ap.1.1-5).293JosephusChronology of Josephus’s Life
37 Born Yoseph bar Mattityahu in Jerusalem
53 Samples the three major Jewish sects: Pharisees, Sadducees,
and Essenes; begins three years of discipleship with the
desert ascetic Bannus
56 Returns to Jerusalem; joins the Pharisees in his public life
63/64 Leads delegation to court of Emperor Nero in order to secure
the release of imprisoned Jewish priests; gains support of
Poppaea Sabina, Nero’s mistress
66 Chosen by revolutionary council to command Jewish forces
in Galilee at
the start of the First Jewish Revolt; opposed in Galilee by
John of Gischala
67 Surrenders to Vespasian’s forces at Jotapata (Yodefat) after
escape from Roman siege; predicts that Vespasian will
become emperor
67-69 Held in Roman custody
70 Acts as mediator in Roman camp
during siege of Jerusalem
71 Resides in Rome under imperial patronage, with Roman
citizenship
and name Titus Flavius Josephus
ca. 73 Publishes Aramaic edition of the
Jewish War
75-79/81 Publishes Greek edition of theJewish War
93/94 Completes theJewish Antiquitiesand
hisLife
post 93/94 PublishesAgainst Apion(a defense of Judaism)
post 95/96 DiesEERDMANS -- Early Judaism (Collins and Harlow) final text
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