The Works of Flavius Josephus (1777 Thompson, Price), book

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The Works of Flavius Josephus (1777-78) is a book by Ebenezer Thompson and William Charles Price.

Abstract

"The whole newly translated from the original Greek."

English translation of Josephus' Works, based on the Greek text. The edition also included the English translation of 4 Maccabees and Philo's Legatio ad Gaium.

Editions

Published in London, England: Fielding and Walker, <2 vols.> 1777, 1778.

Contents

  • I. The life of Josephus, as written by himself.
  • II. The antiquities of the Jewish people; with a defence of those antiquities, in answer to Apion.
  • III. The history of the martyrdom of the Maccabees; and the wars of the Jews with the neighboring nations till the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman power.
  • IV. Account of Philo's ambassy from the Jews of Alexandria, to the emperor Caius Caligula.

External links

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