William Whiston

William Whiston

male, deceased (1752)
Christian, A New Theory of the Earth, Baptist, AntiquitiesoftheJew, Theologian, mathematician…Academic of the University of Cambridge, Board of Longitude
William Whiston (December 9, 1667 - August 22, 1752), was as English theologian, historian, and mathematician. He is probably best known for his...
Judas Of Galilee

Judas Of Galilee

male
nationalist, The Wars of the Jew, AntiquitiesoftheJew, theocratical, theocracy, nationalism…census of Quirinius, Judas of Gamala, Jewish Antiquities, land of Israel, Names of God in Judaism
Judas of Galilee or Judas of Gamala led a violent resistance to a census imposed for Roman tax purposes by Quirinius (sometimes spelled "Cyrenius"...

Diogenes Of Judea

male
Mercenary, Demetrius III, AntiquitiesoftheJew, Hellenism, Hellenized, Hasmonean
Diogenes was a soldier in the service of the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE). He appears in Josephus's work Antiquities of the Jews....
Agrippa II

Agrippa II

male, deceased (100)
Herod Philip I, Ancient Roman ally, Mariamne, paul of tarsus, drusilla, Caesarea Maritima…Act of the Apostles, AntiquitiesoftheJew, Berenice of Cilicia
Agrippa II, son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great,...

John Hudson

male, deceased (1719)
librarian, Bodley's Librarian, Geographicae Veteris Scriptores Graeci minores, bodleian library, Classical scholar, cumberland…University of Oxford, Alumni of the University of Oxford, AntiquitiesoftheJew
John Hudson, English classical scholar, was born at Wythop in Cumberland. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where the remainder of his...

Honi Ham'Agel

male
winter, talmud, Jewish person, God, rain, judea…Names of God in Judaism, AntiquitiesoftheJew
Honi HaM'agel (First century BCE) was a Jewish scholar prior to the age of the Tannaim, the scholars from whose teachings the Mishnah (the first...

Cluvius Rufus

male
Roman era historian, annals, Histories, AntiquitiesoftheJew, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, The Parallel Lives
Cluvius Rufus was a Roman senator, governor and historian who was mentioned on several occasions by Tacitus, Suetonius, Josephus and Plutarch....

Jadon

male
hebrew bible, prophet, old testament, flavius josephus, Jewish Antiquities, AntiquitiesoftheJew…Book of Nehemiah
Jadon is a Hebrew name meaning "thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance) or "he will judge". It appears in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament...

Sh'Maya

male
convert to Judaism, Mishnah, geschichte, pharisee, galilee, Mishnah rabbi…AntiquitiesoftheJew
Sh'maya was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era who lived at the same time as Avtalyon. They are known as one of the "zuggot"...