Redigerer Poseidonios (avsnitt)

=== Om jødene ===
Poseidonios' skrifter om [[Jøder|jødene]] er antagelig kilden for [[Diodorus Siculus]]' redegjørelse om beleiringen og antagelig også for [[Strabon]].<ref>Safrai, Shemuel; Stern, M. (1988): ''The Jewish people in the first century: Historical geography'', s. 1124: «Most scholars hold that Diodorus, from book thirty-three of his work onwards, depended on Posidonius, ...»</ref><ref>Gmirkin, Russell E. (2006): ''Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic histories'', s. 54: «Jewish misanthropy was also a feature in Posidonius's account of the Jews, though in a less extreme form. 126 Diodorus Siculus, Library 40.3.4b likely derived from Posidonius, whose history may have been consulted by Pompey...»</ref><ref>Bezalel Bar-Kochva (2009): ''The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature: The Hellenistic Period'', s. 440: «Posidonius of apamea (d) The Anti-Jewish Libels and Accusations in Diodorus and Apion We have seen in chapters 11–12 that Posidonius used Moses and Mosaic Judaism to portray his own religious, social, and political ideals»</ref> En del av Posidonios' argumenter er gjendrevet av [[Josefus]] i ''Contra Apionem'' (Mot Apion).