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A superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70

'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

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

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

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, as como que entreg una copia a Vespasiano, muerto en el 79. Originalmente fue escrita enarameo, el idioma materno de... 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

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

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

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.

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

In The Wars of the Jews Flavius Josephus gives us valuable insight into the first Jewish Roman War and the rebellions that followed thereafter. Josephus having been an agent for both sides of the conflict provides us with a perspective of this conflict that no one else could... Read Full Overview

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

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

Las guerras de los jud os, es el nico testimonio escrito conservado de la vida en Judea durante el siglo I. Es un libro imprescindible para los amantes del cristianismo. El libro ha sido usado tanto para demostrar la historicidad de Jes s de Nazareth, como para negar su historicidad... Read Full Overview