Jewish Antiquities, Volume IX: Book 20. General Index [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

Name: What you always wanted to know about God and the way He wanted it.
Item: Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book 20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 456)
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by Flavius Josephus

Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.

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 that followed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:Greek, Ancient (To 1453)

ISBN:0674995023

ISBN13:9780674995024

Release Date:January 1965

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 4.5" x 6.6"

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Ancient Ancient & Classical Literature Classics Greek History Humanities Judaism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Rome World

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What you always wanted to know about God and the way He wanted it.

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Offers deeper insights into the Old Testament Books of the Bible. Explores motivations, reveals the thinking of early Jews.