Joseph (unresolved ch017)

Also known as: Joseph · Family: Herod's side · Role: Herod's brother · First appears: Book I, Chapter 17

Life events

Joseph was killed in battle, and the Roman cohorts accompanying him were destroyed.(Book I, Chapter 17)
- “he was both killed himself, as he was very bravely fighting in the battle, and the entire Roman cohorts were destroyed;”
Antigonus beheaded Joseph despite Pheroras offering fifty talents for his release.(Book I, Chapter 17)
- With: Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) Pheroras
- “he cut off his head, although his brother Pheroras would have given fifty talents as a price of redemption for it.”

siblings with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “He had left his brother Joseph with full power, but had charged him to make no attempts against Antigonus till his return”
siblings with Pheroras “although his brother Pheroras would have given fifty talents as a price of redemption for it”
enemies with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) “This victory was not sufficient for Antigonus; but he proceeded to that degree of rage, as to treat the dead body of Joseph barbarously”
with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) (Antigonus ordered Joseph's head cut off.) “This victory was not sufficient for Antigonus; but he proceeded to that degree of rage, as to treat the dead body of Joseph barbarously; for when he had got possession of the bodies of those that were slain, he cut off his head”
with Machaerus (Machaerus sent five cohorts to accompany Joseph.) “which Machaerus sent with him”
with Pappus (Pappus is identified as the man who slew Joseph.) “Pappus's head cut off, who was the general for Antigonus, and was slain in the battle, and sent it to his brother Pheroras, by way of punishment for their slain brother; for he was the man that slew Joseph”

Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.