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This is the Whiston translation, from the 18th century. It has established itself as a text in its own right. More recent translations are available, but Whiston reads more smoothly, across a gap of almost 400 years, than you might expect.
Older classic texts prepared for kindle are often a disaster, with the OCR guessing wildly and studding the text with the shrapnel of a dozen alphabets, and with formatting veering out of control. This is not the case here. There are very minor glitches, but the text is clear and readable. It deserves a strong thank you and well done.
Older classic texts prepared for kindle are often a disaster, with the OCR guessing wildly and studding the text with the shrapnel of a dozen alphabets, and with formatting veering out of control. This is not the case here. There are very minor glitches, but the text is clear and readable. It deserves a strong thank you and well done.
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Great to have when you are traveling
13 Mar 2012
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Josephus remains very readable after 2000 years. I downloaded this book for reference when I traveled to Israel recently. Although we had an erudite guide, this book filled in the events surrounding the revolt in Galilee and Caeserea, the infighting among Jewish factions, the destruction of the Temple, and the final stand at Masada., Pull this out when you are on the ramparts of Masada. You will be moved.
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he compelled the Jews to dissolve the laws of their country, and to keep their infants uncircumcised, and to sacrifice swine's flesh upon the altar;
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He also spoiled the temple, and put a stop to the constant practice of offering a daily sacrifice of expiation for three years and six months.
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For that it was a seditious temper of our own that destroyed it, and that they were the tyrants among the Jews who brought the Roman power upon us, who unwillingly attacked us, and occasioned the burning of our holy temple, Titus Caesar, who destroyed it, is himself a witness, who, daring the entire war, pitied the people who were kept under by the seditious, and did often voluntarily delay the taking of the city, and allowed time to the siege, in order to let the authors have opportunity for repentance.
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