Josephus and the Jews (1930 Foakes-Jackson), book

Josephus and the Jews: The Religion and History of the Jews as Explained by Flavius Josephus (1930) is a book by Frederick J. Foakes-Jackson.

Editions and translations

Published in London, England: SPCK; and New York, NY: Smith, 1930. Reissued in Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977; and London: SPCK, 2009.

Table of contents

• Introduction: Why Josephus deserves attention
• Part I: Life and faith of Flavius Josephus
  • 1. The life of Josephus
  • 2. The religion of Josephus (the 'apion')
• Part II: The religion of the Jews
  • 1. The temple
  • 2. The high priesthood
  • 3. The services in the temple
  • 4. The law - The hope of Israel in Josephus
• Part III: Independence of the Jews
  • 1.The high priests as warrior princes
  • 2. The fall of the Asmonarans and the rise of the Herods
• Part IV: The Roman yoke
  • 1. The descendants of Herod
  • 2. The Roman government of Palestine
  • 3. The Jews in Parthia
  • 4. The outbreak of the war with Rome
  • 5. The siege of Jerusalem
• Part V: After the fall of Jerusalem
  • 1. The lesson to be learned from Josephus
  • 2. Josephus and the history of Israel: the 'antiquities' or archeology
  • 3. A review of the 'antiquities' and its sources
  • 4. Jospehus and the New Testament
• Appendices:
  • 1. The high priesthood
  • 2. The mention of Christ and the Slavonic additions
  • 3. The Ptolemies and the Seleucidae in Josephus
  • 4. Roman rulers of Syria and Palestine
  • 5. Helps for the study of Josephus

External links

• Google Books (excerpts)