Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Josephos of Jerusalem,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified February 26, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=16236.

This is a guide for reading ethnographic passages in Josephos (Flavius Josephus) on this website roughly sequentially:

Judean War (ca. 75-79 CE)

• Itureans among Arabians – 1.398-400 (link)
• Judean wisdom from the philosophical sects – 2.111-166 (link)
• Judean diasporas in Syria, the Decapolis and Alexandria – 2.266-498 (link)
• Idumeans / Edomites – 4.224-335; 7.262-271 (link)
• Germans and Sarmatians – 7.75-95 (link)
• Indian wisdom – 7.341-388 (link)

Judean Antiquities (ca. 92-93 CE)

• Babylonian diasporas and colonization in connection with the “table of nations” – 1.109-139 (link)
• Egyptians – Abraham and the dissemination of astrological knowledge – 1.154-170 (link)
• Egyptians’ inferiority and envy – 1.176-177, 201-216 (link)
• Arabians / Ishmaelites – 1.186-193, 213-221 (link)
• Libyans, Assyrians and Arabians – Abraham and Keturah’s descendants – 1.238-241 (link)
• Idumeans / Edomites – 2.1-6; 4.76-77; 5.80-82; 6.129; 7.109; 8.190-194; 9.29-44; 9.95-98; 12.327-331; 12.353; 13.254-258; 14.8-13; 14.120-122; 14.402-405; 15.253-267 (link)
• Amalekites / Agagites – 2.4-6; 3.39-61; 4.302-309; 6.131-151; 6.356-368; 11.209-220 (link)
• Ethiopians / Kushites and Moses’ invation of Ethiopia – 2.238–253 (link)
• Midianites and Moabites (Arabians) – 1.205-206 and 6.126-152 (link)
• Judean or Israelite wisdom – Solomon – 8.42-49 (link)
• Samaritans / Chutheans – 9.277-291; 10.180-185; 11.19-32; 11.84-108; 11.113-119; 11.173-183; 11.302-313; 11.340-347; 12.111; 12.154-159; 12.257-265; 13.74-79; 13.254-257; 13.275-284; 18.29-35; 18.85-89; 20.118-139 (link)
• Spartans and Judeans – 12.223-228 and 13.163-171 (link)
• Judean wisdom from the philosophical sects – 13.171-173 and 18.11-25 (link)
• Itureans among Arabians – 13.314-319; 15.344-349 (link)
• Judean diasporas in Asia Minor and Libya – 14.185-267 and 16.160-178 (link)
• Judean diasporas in Babylonia – 18.310-379 (link)
• Judean wisdom – Josephos’ self-presentation as the ultimate wise Judean – 20.259-267 (link)

Life of Josephos (ca. 92-93 CE)

• Judean wisdom – Josephos’ self-presentation as the ultimate wise Judean – 1-12 (link)
• Judean wisdom from the philosophical sects – 7-12 (link)

Against Apion (ca. late 90s CE)

• Judeans and many other peoples throughout Against Apion as a complete work: part one of the work focusses on placing Judeans among Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Chaldeans as the best “barbarian” record-keepers, and part two focusses on refuting negative stereotypes about Judeans while also affirming the superiority of Judean ancestral customs (link to complete work in one post)
• Egyptians and animal worship –  1.223-226; 2.65-73 (link)
• Egyptian diasporas – Hyksos and Judeans – 1.227-251; 1.289-292; 1.304-320 (link)
• Idumeans / Edomites – 2.112-124 (link)