The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston1847 |
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... slew him . villages that belonged to Gadara and Hippos on fire ; which villages were situated on the borders of Tiberias , and of the region of Scy - sent a second messenger with letters , that he thopolis . And when this freedman of ...
... slew him . villages that belonged to Gadara and Hippos on fire ; which villages were situated on the borders of Tiberias , and of the region of Scy - sent a second messenger with letters , that he thopolis . And when this freedman of ...
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... slew . They also slew Chares , and with him Jesus , one of his kinsmen , and a brother of Justus of Tiberias , as we have already said . Those of Gamala also wrote to me , desiring me to send them an armed force , and work- men to raise ...
... slew . They also slew Chares , and with him Jesus , one of his kinsmen , and a brother of Justus of Tiberias , as we have already said . Those of Gamala also wrote to me , desiring me to send them an armed force , and work- men to raise ...
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... slew his brother on the occasion procure pleasures and spoils by robbery , and following : -They had resolved to sacrifice to became a great leader of men into wicked God . Now Cain brought the fruits of the courses . He also introduced ...
... slew his brother on the occasion procure pleasures and spoils by robbery , and following : -They had resolved to sacrifice to became a great leader of men into wicked God . Now Cain brought the fruits of the courses . He also introduced ...
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... slew him with his javelin , and with it he slew Cozbi also . Upon which all those young men that had a regard to virtue , and aimed to do a glorious action , imitated Phineas's boldness , and slew those that were found to be guilty of ...
... slew him with his javelin , and with it he slew Cozbi also . Upon which all those young men that had a regard to virtue , and aimed to do a glorious action , imitated Phineas's boldness , and slew those that were found to be guilty of ...
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... slew all the inha- bitants ; but the upper city was not to be taken without great difficulty , through the strength of its walls , and the nature of the place . 5. But the Benjamites , to whom belonged Jerusalem , permitted its ...
... slew all the inha- bitants ; but the upper city was not to be taken without great difficulty , through the strength of its walls , and the nature of the place . 5. But the Benjamites , to whom belonged Jerusalem , permitted its ...
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Page 30 - And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone: they inscribed their discoveries on them both...
Page 38 - And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Page 30 - ... upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains...
Page 368 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the laws of Moses; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 32 - There is a great mountain in Armenia, over Minyas, called Baris, upon which it is reported that many who fled at the time of the Deluge were saved ; and that one who was carried in an ark came on shore upon the top of it ; and that the remains of the timber were a great while preserved. This might be the man about whom Moses the legislator of the Jews wrote.
Page 30 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by...
Page 352 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, 'The city of destruction'.
Page 14 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 237 - ... some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city; that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 352 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.