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A Jewish historian and author who mentions the Pharisees and provides historical context.

Mentions Over Time

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The Ancients
The Pharisees

not really to be backed up, certainly not by Josephus and not by most of the evidence.

The Ancients
The Pharisees

But Josephus really says very little about them in the time of Herod.

The Ancients
The Pharisees

6,000, Josephus says, only 6,000 odds, Pharisees in total.

The Ancients
The Pharisees

I mean, we do have a few references to them in the New Testament and Josephus.

The Ancients
The Pharisees

What does Josephus know about anybody's deathbed?

The Ancients
The Pharisees

So Josephus is not particularly positive about that.

The Ancients
The Pharisees

And according to Josephus, on his deathbed, Alexander Janais says to his wife, who actually succeeds him as Queen Salome Alexandra, he says to her, if I were you, I would just throw in your lot with the Pharisees because there's so much trouble.