Josephus The Jewish War, Volume II (Hardback) Loeb Classical Library (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Jewish War, Volume IICondition: NewEAN: 9780674995369ISBN: 9780674995369Publisher: LOEBFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/01/1927Item Height: 162mmItem Length: 108mmItem Weight: 254gLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Books 3–4ISBN-10: 0674995368Description: Greco-Roman antiquity’s premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. 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 that followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favors 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 BC 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 AD 66. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus, which is in thirteen volumes, also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against Apion.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Width: 23mmTranslator: H. St. J. ThackerayContributor: H. St. J. Thackeray (Translated by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Loeb Classical LibraryTopic: Ancient History, Literary CriticismAuthor: JosephusRelease Year: 1927 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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