Template:Cite Josephus

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This template allows the works of Flavius Josephus published in the Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement (PACE), the Perseus Project, and the Loeb Classical Library to be cited in one citation statement. It is essentially a wrapper for the {{PACEJ}}, {{LOEBJ}} and {{Perseus}} templates.

Sample template

{{cite Josephus| PACEJ = 1 | text= |bookno= |chap= |sec= |Perseus = 1 |1= |2= |3= }}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
pace or PACEJ	If citing PACE, use pace=1 or PACEJ=1, then add the parameters for {{PACEJ}}: text, bookno, chap, and sec. (see the documentation below).
per or Perseus	If citing Perseus, use per=1 or Perseus=1, then add the parameters for {{Perseus}}: 1, 2, and 3. (see the documentation below).
link	Use link=yes to add the wikilink "Josephus" in the beginning of the line.

Examples

• PACE only

Wikitext

{{cite Josephus | PACEJ=1 | text=wars | bookno=6 | chap=9 | sec=3}}

Result

Josephus. The Jewish War. 6.9.3..

• Perseus only, no wikilink

Wikitext

{{cite Josephus |Perseus=1 | 1=J. | 2=BJ | 3=6.9.3}}

Result

Perseus Project BJ6.9.3, .

• Loeb only, no wikilink

Wikitext

{{cite Josephus | LOEBJ=1 | ants=6 | sec=3}}

Result

Loeb: 6.3.

• PACE and Perseus, with wikilink

Wikitext

{{cite Josephus | PACEJ=1 | text=wars | bookno=6 | chap=9 | sec=3 |Perseus=1 | 1=J. | 2=BJ | 3=6.9.3}}

Result

Josephus. The Jewish War. 6.9.3., Perseus Project BJ6.9.3, .

Numbering systems

There are two major systems for numbering the works of Josephus. William Whiston used Book, Chapter, and Paragraph numbers, whereas Benedikt Niese's system used in Loeb Classical Library uses Book and Section numbers. Sometimes Whiston's paragraph numbers are also referred to as section numbers.

Catholic Biblical Quarterly's guidelines on citing Josephus state: "A complete reference to Josephus should conclude with the paragraph number(s) in the Niese system, preceded by §: Josephus B.J. 2.8.13 §160; neither the Niese number alone (e.g., Josephus B.J. §160) nor the Niese number with partial omission of what should precede (e.g., Josephus B.J. 2.8 §160 or 2.8.160) is sufficient."

To find the complete citation, you can use one of the following resources:

• How to find Whiston and Niese numbers at PACE
• A PDF chart which cross-references Whiston and Niese numbers

Documentation

{{PACEJ}}

This is an external link template to the books of Flavius Josephus on the Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement (PACE) website. The site contains works and resources on Josephus from Brill Publishers, and is edited by Professor Steve Mason. Included are the ancient Greek texts, William Whiston's public-domain English translations, and new English translations by Mason and others.

The template currently links to the parallel English-English interface, Brill's on the left and Whiston's on the right. The Brill translations always present prominently, and the site defaults to the paragraph numbers by Niese, but it is possible to browse by Whiston's.

Usage

{{PACEJ|text=|bookno=|chap=|sec=}}

All except chap are required.

• text - Work cited. To define a work, use

wars, bj, BJ, or JW - The Jewish War

ants anti, aj, or AJ - Antiquities of the Jews

vita, vj, VJ, life or Life - The Life of Flavius Josephus

apion, aa, AA or CA - Against Apion

• bookno - original, common to all editions.
  
• chap - Whiston chapter number, sets the template to present a Whiston citation style, overriding the default Niese style.
  
• sec - Section number. used for either Niese or Whiston numbers (the latter together with chap).
  

Deprecated parameters

• chunkid was a former name for sec
• Wchapter was a former name for chap (Special:Diff/681717389, Special:Diff/681708995)
• NorW previously indicated Neise or Whiston numbering, which is now determined automatically by the presence of a chapter number. It now does nothing. (Special:Diff/681695709)

Parameter dependency in the site

|text=string

• wars or anti or vita or apion

|layout=string

• split or greek or english
  • default is split
  • if split:
    • |version=string
      • english or whiston
        • default is english

|book=num

|chunkId=

• num (Niese)
  • textChunk=nieseSection
    • default is nieseSection

• num (Whiston)
  • textChunk=whistonSection
  • chapter=num (Whiston chapter)

{{Perseus}}

This is an external link template to works on the Perseus Project website.

Usage

Navigate to a text page at the Perseus Project website. At the top right of the text, there is a box with a shorthand citation of the part of the work that you are viewing. Use the information in the citation for the three parameters of the template, replacing the spaces with the vertical bar symbol ("|").

The three parameters go in the url of the link, and only the second and third are displayed:

• [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc={{{1}}}+{{{2}}}+{{{3}}} {{{2}}}{{{3}}}]

Example

At http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0218%3Abook%3D10%3Acard%3D1, the box shows the shorthand citation Hom. Od. 10.1. To link to the page with the {{Perseus}} template, type

"{{Perseus|Hom.|Od.|10.1}}".

Result:

"Perseus Project Od.10.1".

See also

• {{LSJ}} - links to the Liddell/Scott/Jones Greek dictionary at the Perseus Project
• {{L&S}} - links to the Lewis & Short Latin dictionary at the Perseus Project

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