Jewish Antiquities

by Flavius Josephus and Henry St. John Thackeray

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B006Z2IQZ8
• ISBN13: 9780674995758
• Release Date: January 1930
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.7" x 6.6"