The Jewish war
Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these …
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- Full title :The Jewish war / Josephus ; with an English translation by H. St. J. Thackeray.
Summary
Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97. As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BC to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we now have; and Jewish Antiquities, in twenty books, from the creation of the world to AD 66. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against.
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- Publication Date:1997
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997
Notes
Originally published: 1927-1928.
Previously published as 2-volume set.
Bound in 3 volumes beginning 1997; comprises volumes 2-4 of the larger "Josephus" set
The Physical Object
- Description:3 volumes : : maps ; : 17 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0674995686, 9780674995680, 0674995368, 9780674995369, 0674995694, 9780674995697, 9780674995598, 0674995597
- oclc:ocm39063947
- LC Classification:PA3606
- Dewey Decimal:933
Table of Contents
II. Books I-II -- III. Books III-IV -- IV. Books V-VII.
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