The seven books of the Jewish war, with two books against Apion, and a discourse concerning Hades, to which are added three dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, and God's command to Abraham, etc., and an index to the whole |
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Page 225
Now , self - murder is a crime most remote from the common nature of all animals
, and an instance of impiety against God our Creator : Nor indeed is there any
animal that dies by its own contrivance , or by its own means , for the d ' efire of
life ...
Now , self - murder is a crime most remote from the common nature of all animals
, and an instance of impiety against God our Creator : Nor indeed is there any
animal that dies by its own contrivance , or by its own means , for the d ' efire of
life ...
Page 237
... the lake is also pure , and on every fide ends directly at the shores , and at the
sand ; it is also of a temperate nature when you draw it up , and of a more gentle
nature than river or fountain water , and yet always cooler than one would expect
...
... the lake is also pure , and on every fide ends directly at the shores , and at the
sand ; it is also of a temperate nature when you draw it up , and of a more gentle
nature than river or fountain water , and yet always cooler than one would expect
...
Page 419
... the variety of riches , or the rarities of nature ; for almost all such curiosities as
the most happy men ever get hy piece - meal , were here one heaped on another
, and those both admirableand as costly in their nature ; and all brought together
...
... the variety of riches , or the rarities of nature ; for almost all such curiosities as
the most happy men ever get hy piece - meal , were here one heaped on another
, and those both admirableand as costly in their nature ; and all brought together
...
Page 422
It was also so contrived by nature , that it could not be easily afcended ; for it is ,
as it were , ditched about with such vallies on all sides , and to such a depth that
the eye cannot reach their bottoms , and such as are not easily to be passed over
...
It was also so contrived by nature , that it could not be easily afcended ; for it is ,
as it were , ditched about with such vallies on all sides , and to such a depth that
the eye cannot reach their bottoms , and such as are not easily to be passed over
...
Page 507
... agreeable to the nature of God , and to his majesty ; for Pythagoras , and
Anaxagoras , and Plato , and the stoic philolophers that succeeded them , and
almost all the rest , are of the same sentiments , and had the same notions of the
nature ...
... agreeable to the nature of God , and to his majesty ; for Pythagoras , and
Anaxagoras , and Plato , and the stoic philolophers that succeeded them , and
almost all the rest , are of the same sentiments , and had the same notions of the
nature ...
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Page 519 - And thus an end was put to this sedition. " [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 535 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 535 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 533 - Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Page 535 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.
Page 415 - ... they dig a trench quite round about it, till the hidden part of the root be very small, they then tie a dog to it, and when the dog tries hard to follow him that tied him, this root is easily plucked up, but the dog dies immediately, as if it were instead of the man that would take the plant away; nor after this need any one be afraid of taking it into their hands.
Page 453 - As for ourselves, therefore, we neither inhabit a maritime country, nor do we delight in merchandise, nor in such a mixture with other men as arises from it; but the cities we dwell in are remote from the sea, and having a fruitful country for our habitation, we take pains in cultivating that only. Our principal care of all is this, to educate our children well...
Page 349 - Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine, and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead, wheresoever their misery seized them.
Page 3 - I have proposed to myself; for the sake of such as live under the government of the Romans, to translate those books into the Greek tongue, which I formerly composed in the language of our country, and sent to the Upper Barbarians...
Page 383 - ... as well those that made supplication for their lives, as those that defended themselves by fighting. The flame was also carried a long way, and made an echo, together with the groans of those that were slain; and because this hill was high, and the works at the temple were very great, one would have thought the whole city had been on fire.
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| Title | The seven books of the Jewish war, with two books against Apion, and a discourse concerning Hades, to which are added three dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, and God's command to Abraham, etc., and an index to the whole Volume 3 of The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior : Translated from the Original Greek, According to Havercamp's Accurate Edition : with Copious Notes, & Proper Observations, Flavius Josephus |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| Translated by | William Whiston |
| Publisher | for Thomas and Andrews, Boston,and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Oct 2007 |
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