The last nine books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with the life of Flavius Josephus written by himselfFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... lives according to it , fince it is an holy law , and ought not to be published by profane mouths . If then it please thee , O king , thou mayeft write to the high priest of the Jews , to fend fix of the elders out of every tribe , and ...
... lives according to it , fince it is an holy law , and ought not to be published by profane mouths . If then it please thee , O king , thou mayeft write to the high priest of the Jews , to fend fix of the elders out of every tribe , and ...
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... live accord- ing to the laws of their own country : And let the fenate and the priests , and the scribes of the temple , and the façred fing- ers , be discharged from poll - money and the 39 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . [ Book XII .
... live accord- ing to the laws of their own country : And let the fenate and the priests , and the scribes of the temple , and the façred fing- ers , be discharged from poll - money and the 39 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . [ Book XII .
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... live upon it . When the Jews heard this message of the king's , they were confounded : But fo fordidly covetous was Onias , that nothing of this nature made him afhamed . 2. There was now one Jofeph , young in age , but of great ...
... live upon it . When the Jews heard this message of the king's , they were confounded : But fo fordidly covetous was Onias , that nothing of this nature made him afhamed . 2. There was now one Jofeph , young in age , but of great ...
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... live moderately ; and that ten thousand drachmæ would be fufficient , he was pleafed with his fon's prudence . After a little while the fon adviled his father not to fend his prefents to the king from thence , but to give him a letter ...
... live moderately ; and that ten thousand drachmæ would be fufficient , he was pleafed with his fon's prudence . After a little while the fon adviled his father not to fend his prefents to the king from thence , but to give him a letter ...
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... live at Sechem . Our forefathers , upon certain frequent plagues , and as following a certain ancient fuperftition , had a cuftom of obferving that day which by the Jews is called the Sabbath * . And when they had erected a temple at ...
... live at Sechem . Our forefathers , upon certain frequent plagues , and as following a certain ancient fuperftition , had a cuftom of obferving that day which by the Jews is called the Sabbath * . And when they had erected a temple at ...
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Page 339 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 224 - This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 423 - I, who was by you called immortal, am immediately to be hurried away by death. But I am bound to accept of what Providence allots, as it pleases God ; for we have by no means lived ill, but in a splendid and happy manner.
Page 347 - Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best by putting him to death to prevent any mischief he might cause...
Page 334 - Gennesareth, unto the dignity of a city, both by the number of inhabitants it contained, and its other grandeur, and called it by the name of Julias, the same name with Caesar's daughter.
Page 333 - These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty, and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kinds of death, nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends, nor can any such fear make them call any man lord.