Ebook {Epub PDF} The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus

“The Jewish War”, written in 78CE, offers a detailed account of a turbulent and calamitous period in Jewish history. The Roman-Jewish historian begins with the Hasmonaean Dynasty and the historic struggle between the Greeks and Jews, Josephus, himself, a descendent of the Hasmonaean lineage/5(54). Flavius Josephus' "Jewish Wars" is a great book with extraordinary rewards for at least four categories of reader. Churchgoers will be fascinated by the portrait that it provides of Judea at the time Christ was alive. Those interested in political history will discover a complex and detailed portrait of the workings of the Roman Empire.4/5. His history of the Jewish war against the Romans in the late 1st century AD is very much a history of his own activities therein, and what an unashamedly self-serving document it is. Originally a regional commander in the rebellious jewish army, Josephus wrote his history after his capture by the Romans and defection to their side (he became a Roman citizen and a courtier to more than one emperor)/5().

Foreword to This Edition Introduction Josephus' Life Josephus' Works Josephus as a Historian. THE JEWISH WAR. Preface 1. Herod's Predecessors 2. Herod's Rise to Power 3. Herod Master of Palestine 4. Herod's Murder of Mariamme and her Children 5. Herod's Murder of his Heir, and Death 6. The Rise and Fall of Archelaus 7. Judaea under Roman Rule. Flavius Josephus (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ s iː f ə s /; Greek: Ἰώσηπος Ματθίου παῖς, Iṓsēpos Matthíou paîs, "son of Matthias"; 37 - c. ) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for The Jewish War, who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry. "The Jewish War", written in 78CE, offers a detailed account of a turbulent and calamitous period in Jewish history. The Roman-Jewish historian begins with the Hasmonaean Dynasty and the historic struggle between the Greeks and Jews, Josephus, himself, a descendent of the Hasmonaean lineage.

His history of the Jewish war against the Romans in the late 1st century AD is very much a history of his own activities therein, and what an unashamedly self-serving document it is. Originally a regional commander in the rebellious jewish army, Josephus wrote his history after his capture by the Romans and defection to their side (he became a Roman citizen and a courtier to more than one emperor). The Jewish War Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian on of his main works are The Jewish War. Josephus Online is a site was made to make Josephus ideal for desktop and mobile devices. The Jewish War or Judean War, also referred to in English as The Wars of the Jews, is a book written by Josephus, a Roman-Jewish historian of the 1st century. It has been described by Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history".