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" We will not by any means make war with him, but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed." So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched out their throats, and said they were ready to be slain; and this they did for forty... "
The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian ... - Page 58
by Flavius Josephus - 1826
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The last nine books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with the life of Flavius ...

Flavius Josephus - 1809 - 516 pages
...ves down upon their laces, and itrctehed out their throat», and feid they were ready to be Наш; and this they did for forty days together, and in...off the tilling of their ground, and that while the feafon * of the year required them to fow it. Thus they continued firm in their refolution, and propofed...
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic ..., Volume 5

Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 304 pages
...any means .make war with him ; but still we will die before we will see our laws transgressed." So. they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...ground, and that while the season * of the year required thorn to sow it. Thus they continued firm in their resolution, and proposed to themselves to die willingly,...
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The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish ..., Volume 2

Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 610 pages
...not by any means make war with him, but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed." So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...for forty days together, and in the mean time left oft' the tilling of their ground, and that while the season* of the year required them to sow it. Thus...
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A Book of Jewish Thoughts Selected and Arranged by the Chief Rabbi (Dr. J. H ...

Joseph Herman Hertz - 1921 - 392 pages
...not by any means make war with him, but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed '. So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...their throats, and said they were ready to be slain. Thus they continued in their resolution, and proposed to themselves to die willingly rather than to...
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A Book of Jewish Thoughts

Joseph Herman Hertz - 1922 - 392 pages
...not by any means make war with him, but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed '. So they" threw themselves down upon their faces, and...their throats, and said they were ready to be slain. Thus they continued in their resolution, and proposed to themselves to die willingly rather than to...
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War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions

J. Patout Burns - 1996 - 244 pages
...not by any means make war with him, but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed." So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...together, and in the mean time left off the tilling of the ground, and that while the season of the year required them to sow it. Thus they continued firm...
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The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living and Nonviolence in Early Christianity

Keith Akers - 2000 - 276 pages
...by any means make war with him; but still we will die before we will see our laws transgressed." So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...this they did for forty days together, and in the meantime left off the tilling of the ground, and that while the season of the year required them to...
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Judaism and Human Rights

Milton Ridvas Konvitz - 440 pages
...transgressed." Then they threw themselves down on their faces and stretched out their throats and said that they were ready to be slain. And this they did for forty days, neglecting to till their soil, though this was the season which called for sowing. Thus they continued...
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Judas the Galilean: The Flesh and Blood Jesus

Daniel T Unterbrink - 2004 - 284 pages
...40-41 AD. Caligula ordered a statue of himself to be erected in the Temple. On hearing this, the Jews "threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...their throats, and said they were ready to be slain. . .rather than to see the dedication of the statue. . . [they] were ready to die with pleasure, rather...
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Jewish Antiquities

Flavius Josephus - 2006 - 932 pages
...not by any means make war with him; but still we will die before we see our laws transgressed.' So they threw themselves down upon their faces, and stretched...their throats, and said they were ready to be slain; (272) and this they did for forty days together, and in the meantime left off the tilling of their...
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