Josephus spent the rest of his life in or around rome as an advisor and historian to three emperors, vespasian. Josephus left us the earliest independent accounts of the lives of jesus, john the baptist, and james the brother of jesus. In the process, josephus provides substantial firsthand corroboration of the biblical record. The complete works of flavius josephus, the celebrated jewish historian, comprising the history and antiquities of the jews, with the destruction of jerusalem by the romans. The number of priests here slain in josephus is three hundred and eightyfive, and but eightyfive in. The jewish war 7579, based to a great extent on what josephus himself saw, heard, and experienced, describes the tragic events of the jewish revolt against rome. Josephus is also valuable for his account of herod and the deaths of john the baptist, jesus, and the apostle james.
Flavius josephus was a famous jewish historian, priest, and scholar. Josephus was witness to the cataclysmic war that ended the jewish nation in 70 a. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. As an original reference, the works of josephus is essential to a full understanding of the first century, the time of christ and the new testament. Click download or read online button to get josephus the complete works book now. The family from which i am derived is not an ignoble one, but hath descended all along from the priests.
Illuminate your understanding of the new testament. His complete writings, books, and antiquities were translated by william whiston. Books and articles on josephus the books mentioned elsewhere on the flavius josephus web site are listed here, together with many other useful works. Ct biblical reference 06032004 about the author william whiston 16621752, translator, was an english mathematician and historian who succeeded isaac newton as the lucasian professor of mathematics at the university of cambridge. Ive owned the book for many years and finally bought it for my kindle. Josephus left us pdf the earliest independent accounts of the lives of jesus, john the baptist, and james the brother of jesus. Read or download now pdf download the new complete works of josephus pdf. Jul 17, 2009 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Against apion is a twovolume defence of judaism as classical religion and philosophy, stressing its antiquity, as opposed to what josephus claimed was the relatively more recent tradition of the greeks. The complete works of flavius josephus by william whiston in chm, epub, fb3 download e book. Flavius josephus, whiston william, william whiston. Youll be able to understand the background of the bible like never before. The complete works of flaviusjosephus, the celebrated jewish historian comprising the history and antiquities of the jews, with the destruction of jerusalem by the romans and dissertations concerning jesus christ, john the baptist, james the just, and the sacrifice of isaac, together with a discourse on hades, or hell by whiston, william and a great selection of related books, art and. Spent many wonderful hours reading this early 1st century jewish historian.
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