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Mesopotamiazation of the Jews (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity



Keywords
ancestors
Chaldeans
Jews
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Jewish-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.69:
Our original ancestors were Chaldeans, and they mention us Jews in their records because of the relationship between us.


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Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.69

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Cf. Mesopotamiazation of the Jews (2)

Simo Parpola


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