The Apologists · AD 130–180

Joseph of Jerusalem

fl. c. 132 (death unrecorded) · 14th bishop of Jerusalem (of the circumcision) · Jerusalem

The Apologists

Who Joseph of Jerusalem was

Fourteenth of the Hebrew bishops, second to last before the line ended. His episcopate coincides with the outbreak of Bar Kokhba’s war (132–135), which would expel every Jew — Christian or not — from the rebuilt pagan Aelia Capitolina.

Also listed in the bishops of Jerusalem.

Common questions

When was Joseph active?

Joseph of Jerusalem is dated fl. c. 132 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Joseph in the Apologists (AD 130–180). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Joseph?

Joseph of Jerusalem is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Joseph from?

The archive associates Joseph of Jerusalem with Jerusalem.

Who were Joseph’s contemporaries?

The archive links Joseph of Jerusalem to 2 other figures, including Ephres of Jerusalem and Judas of Jerusalem. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

Primary-source mentions (2)

Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Ecclesiastical History IV.5

c. AD 325
…Joseph the fourteenth, and last of all Judas the fifteenth. These are the bishops of Jerusalem that lived between the age of the apostles and the time referred to.
Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.5 · source text

Panarion 66.20 (the Jerusalem succession)

c. AD 375
Epiphanius of Salamis · Panarion 66.20 · source text

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The one place the sources put Joseph.

  1. 1Jerusalem

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