Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books Xii-XIV (Loeb Classical Library) (English and Ancient Greek Edition) - Hardcover

Josephus, Flavius

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674994027 ISBN 13: 9780674994027

Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, 1952

Synopsis

Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. 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 which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97.

As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BCE to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we now have; and Jewish Antiquities, in twenty books, from the creation of the world to 66 CE. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against Apion.

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About the Author:

Flavius Josphus (c. A.D. 37-100) was born to an aristocratic Jewish family, served as a priest, and later became the commander of Jewish forces in Galilee following the revolt against Rome that began A.D. 66. Captured by the Romans, Josephus spent his later life in Rome under the patronage of the Roman emperors where he composed his history of the Jewish people and his account of the Jewish war that led to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70.

Louis H. Feldman is Professor of Classics at Yeshiva University. His books include "Josephus and Modern Scholarship, 1937-1980" (1984), "Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World: Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian" (1993), and "Studies in Hellenistic Judaism" (1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1952
• ISBN 10: 0674994027
• ISBN 13: 9780674994027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 796