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THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS

THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWSTHE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS

By Josephus
Read by Allan Corduner
51 hours 46 minutes

 

 

 

 

Among the many important historical documents from the Classical world of Greece and Rome, The Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus is one of the most distinctive and characterful. Josephus (37–c100 CE) set out with the clear purpose of telling the history of the Jews from the creation in Genesis to the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66 CE. Born in Jerusalem as Yosef ben Matityahu, he rose to become a leading participant in the First Jewish Revolt (66-73 CE). Continue Reading →