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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. (14)194pp. Chapter references. Photos & maps. Cover and first few pp upper front corner curled. Otherwise fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. (14)194pp. Chapter references. Photos & maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. No dust jacket. Some soiling to bottom outside page corner from bookcase. A few minor foxing spots on endpapers. All intact. No writing or marking. Not Ex-Library.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Some wear to dust jacket no tears, previous owner's bookplate inside cover, pages are tight, text clean, book in Good condition! Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 2 only; Ex-Library; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing; dj, unclipped price; 175 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Newly translated with extensive commentary and archaeological background illustrations. Boards are bound in turquoise publisher's cloth. Covers are plain with gilt lettering on the spine. Profusely illustrated in both color and black and white throughout. Indexed. 526 pp. Illustrated dust jacket is lettered in turquoise and white against a black background. Gaalya Cornfeld is an internationally known and widely translated scholar and publisher. He specializes in biblical postbiblical lore, illustrating his books from an extensive collection of photographs. This work includes numerous photographs, with thirty-two pages in full color. G. Cornfeld has produced a simplified translation of Josephus' Greek text and has written an accompanying commentary in which he clarifies obscure and difficult words and passages. His explanation of many historical, geographical, and cultural points adds greatly to an understanding of the events of Josephus' history. This book was written in close consultation both with Professor Benjamin Mazar, dean of Israeli archaeology and authority on Josephus, and with Dr. Paul I. Maier, Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and an authority on Roman history. Josephus: The Jewish War is a modern classic for everyone. (From the dust jacket).CONDITION: Book is near fine with bumped corners. Hinges are strong and binding is sound. Unmarked. Dust jacket is also near fine with wear and light wrinkling along the extremities, and a price sticker from a previous owner at the back. Illustrations are wonderful. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the size and weight of this copy, an additional shipping charge may apply and will be requested after purchase. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 86 black and white glossy photos, 6 maps plus 2 endpaper maps, 2 drawings (illustrator). 1st. First American Edition; dj w/lite chipping, lite sunning of spine panel, unclipped price; decorative end papers; 388 clean, unmarked pages/notes, bibliography , and index.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 3 only; Ex-Library; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Cover. First Edition. 306pp. Illus. Very good. DJ is frayed and chipped. (loc 597/1).

blue hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 9"x12"). large ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). illustrated endpapers. color illustrated 1/2 title pg. glossy full color frontis. photo. 526p. maps, plans, color photos, b&w photos & illustrations throughout. appendix. the testamonium flavianum. general index. index of scripture passages. ancient history. jewish history. religion. roman empire. archaeology. ~ Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the recent vast excavations conducted at the foot of the Temple Mount and ancient Jerusalem, there has been a revival of interest in Josephus' history of the JEWISH WAR, our principal record and source of background material for the crucial period and long struggle that saw the collapse of Jewish independence. Josephus starts his account with events in the second century B.C., i.e., in the intertestimentary period, and links them with the fateful years AD 66~74. Here, from the pen of one of its leading figures and witness of the war, a gifted writer deeply versed in the sources of his own and former days, is the full story of the tragic struggle of the Jews. Josephus retired to Rome after the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and there related the tragic stages of the titanic struggle that he early regarded as a reckless attempt~led by the revolutionary Zealots who crushed the pacifist opposition and lost the war due to internal dissensions. He realized, almost from the start, that the courageous Judeans could not defeat the mighty Roman legions that ruled the ancient world and, still less, their mighty war weapons and matchless military organization (described and richly illustrated in the present volume in the light of ancient Roman documents). Later tradition~minded Jews called Josephus a turncoat, even though they revered his pacifist contemporary, Rabbi Johanan ben~Zakai, who fled the beleaguered Jerusalem and founded the spiritual centers that helped Judaism survive after the cessation of the Temple cult. But he was the only contemporary historian who preserved the intimate history of Herod's time as well as details of the topography, demography, and the social, political, and economic life of Jerusalem and Palestine. The accuracy of his descriptions has been supported by modern historians and the excavations conducted in recent years.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Light wear to jacket spine and edges. Soiling to top page edges. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 366 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Clean and pristine, with no signs of prior use or wear. The jacket has a whisper of shelfwear, but it is now protected by a mylar Brodart cover. This exceptionally heavy book will be packed and shipped with care. ; 526 pages.

Hard Cover. First Edition. 366pp. Illus. Very good. DJ is frayed and chipped. (loc 597/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 526 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), maps ; 31 cm. Summary: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 so was uniquely placed to observe these turbulent events, from the siege of Jerusalem to the final heroic resistance and mass suicides at Masada. His account provides much of what we know about the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with vivid portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the Great. Often self-justifying and divided in its loyalties, "The Jewish War" nevertheless remains one of the most immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors, ever written.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1963 Harper & Row - Israeli Publishing Institute. First edition, stated. "Limited edition of one hundred volumes of the first world edition. specially printed and bound for Mr. Leo Robinson, Member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli Publishing Institute of Jerusalem", with hand-written presentation name and date. Oversize hardcover has beige cloth-covered boards with blue and gold spine lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color plates. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Maps. 407 pages + index. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Mild foxing to covers. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, a few creases, and a half-inch tear at the top edge of the back panel and a two-inch tear at the top edge of the front panel. Small corner crease on inner front flap; old tape stain on inside of jacket at tear. Jacket is in removable clear plastic protective cover. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fully illustrated. Excellent condition. Fine plus book a like jacket. 366pp.