Flavius Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian, best known for The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews. He initially fought against the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War as head of Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in 67 CE to Roman forces led by Vespasian after the six-week siege of Jotapata.Josephus's works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine, and provide a significant and independent extra-Bi...

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This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.Josephus fought t...

The Jewish Wars by Flavius Josephus is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Table of Contents 1 Whereas the war which the Jews made with the Romans hath been the greatest of all those, not only that have be...

Discover the Rich History of Ancient Israel with "Antiquities of the Jews" by Josephus, Flavius"Antiquities of the Jews" is a comprehensive historical work that offers an in-depth account of the history of the Jewish people from creation to the Jewish War in the 1st century AD. Authored by the renowned Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, this monumental text provides valuable insights into Jewish culture, religion, and politics, as well as the broader context of the ancient Near East. The b...

Titus Flavius Josephus (37 circa 100) was a Roman-Jewish historian in the 1st-century AD. Josehpus wrote a lot on the first Jewish-Roman War and strongly advocated Hellenistic Judaism. Josephus best known works are The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews.

The works of the Jewish writer Flavius Josephus represent one of the most important records of Judaism and the Jews that survive from the ancient world. The Jewish Antiquities, his largest historical enterprise, is an account in twenty books of Jewish history from the creation to the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Rome in AD 66. Here is all the drama of the Old Testament transformed into a historical narrative of Greco-Roman character; and more important, our only continuous account...

The War of the Jews by Flavius Josephus A detailed historical account of the Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE), Josephus provides firsthand insight into the conflict, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the fall of Masada. The work explores themes of leadership, betrayal, and the devastating consequences of rebellion against Roman rule.

The book narrates the Jewish-Roman War, which took place between 66 and 73 AD. This conflict was a significant event in Jewish history, culminating in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 AD.Flavius Josephus himself was a Jewish military leader who fought against the Romans during the early stages of the war. However, he was captured by the Roman forces and became a prisoner of war. Josephus eventually switched sides and cooperated with the Roman...

Discover one of the most important historical collections of the ancient world with Josephus: The Complete Works. Written by first-century historian Flavius Josephus, this comprehensive volume brings together his major writings, including The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews. Covering the history of the Jewish people from biblical times through the dramatic conflict with Rome, Josephus offers a rare and invaluable perspective on ancient religion, politics, and culture. His works also...

A history of the Jewish people up until the Roman conquest and destruction of Jerusalem. All seven volumes. According to Wikipedia: "Antiquities of the Jews, also Judean Antiquities is a twenty-volume historiographical work composed by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in the thirteenth year of the reign of Roman emperor Flavius Domitian which was around AD 93 or 94. Antiquities of the Jews contains an account of history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patr...

“Perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history” —Steve N. Mason(Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period.)Josephus (CE 37-c. 100) was a priest, a soldier, and a scholar. For centuries, Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book other than the Bible. The Wars of the Jews recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation and provides...