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Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator, and... Read Full Overview

In August of AD 70 the city of Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman forces after a six-month siege. This was the disastrous outcome of a Jewish revolt against Roman domination which began in AD 66 with some early success, but soon became mired in factional conflict. The war ended... Read Full Overview

'It is God then, God Himself who is bringing with the Romans fire to purge the Temple and is blotting out the City, brimful of corruption.' Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against... Read Full Overview

Written in 75 AD by the Jewish historian and Roman citizen Titus Flavius Josephus, "The Wars of the Jews", describes Jewish history from the capture of Jerusalem in 164 BC. to the destruction of the city in 70 AD. Josephus, born in Jerusalem in 37 AD with the name Yosef ben... Read Full Overview

La obra fue escrita en un intervalo definido entre los a os 75 y 79, ya que Josefo menciona en la misma obra la dedicaci n del Templo de la Paz en el a o 75, as como que entreg una copia a Vespasiano, muerto en el 79. Originalmente fue escrita enarameo, el idioma materno de... Read Full Overview

Josephus was one of the most important historians of antiquity, and also one of the best known. Living during the 1st century A.D., the Roman-Jewish historian wrote at length about Jewish history in Roman occupied Jerusalem, and the plight of Jews in the Holy Land. He documented... Read Full Overview

Whereas the war which the Jews made with the Romans hath been the greatest of all those, not only that have been in our times, but, in a manner, of those that ever were heard of; both of those wherein cities have fought against cities, or nations against nations; while some men... Read Full Overview

Jerusalem is a city of ages-old conflict, and few conflicts have been more historically disastrous than when the Roman armies destroyed the holy city and its Jewish Temple in 70 AD. Flavius Josephus, the captured Jewish general, witnessed the massacre. Now, after languishing... Read Full Overview

La obra fue escrita en un intervalo definido entre los a os 75 y 79, ya que Josefo menciona en la misma obra la dedicaci n del Templo de la Paz en el a o 75,1 as como que entreg una copia a Vespasiano, muerto en el 79.2 Originalmente fue escrita en arameo, el idioma materno... Read Full Overview

An important classic in Christian literature due to the veracity of the historical fulfillment of the prophecy foretold by Jesus in Matthew 24.

From the days of Antiocus Epiphanes to the complete destruction of the city of Jerusalem.

This present edition "The... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

When Jonathan, who was Judas's brother, succeeded him, he behaved himself with great circumspection in other respects, with relation to his own people; and he corroborated his authority by preserving his friendship with the Romans. He also made a league with Antiochus the son... Read Full Overview

Con esta obra, el autor nos da una visi n sentida y dram tica de aquellas contiendas feroces entre romanos y jud os que terminaron, bajo Tito, con la total ruina de Jerusal n.

La guerra de los jud os, del historiador Flavio Josefo, tienen como asunto central la guerra de ese pueblo contra los romanos, comandados por Vespasiano y por Tito. La obra comprende siete libros, los primeros componen una vasta introducci n hist rica con los antecedentes remotos... Read Full Overview

"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... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview