Jewish Antiquities, Volume III: Books 7-8 [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Flavius Josephus

Book Overview

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: 0674995767
• ISBN13: 9780674995765
• Release Date: January 1934
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 6.6"