The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, Two Books in Answer to Apion, the Martyrdom of the Maccabees, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself, Volume 1 |
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Page v
... by nation and religion , who seems designedly to have avoided , as much as
possibly he could , the very mention of the Christian name , and all particulars
relating to our Saviour , though no historian was ever more punctual in other
things .
... by nation and religion , who seems designedly to have avoided , as much as
possibly he could , the very mention of the Christian name , and all particulars
relating to our Saviour , though no historian was ever more punctual in other
things .
Page viii
But in process of time , as usually happens to such as undertake great things , I
grew weary and went on slowly ; it being a large subject , and a difficult thing to
translate our history into a foreign , and to us , unaccustomed language .
However ...
But in process of time , as usually happens to such as undertake great things , I
grew weary and went on slowly ; it being a large subject , and a difficult thing to
translate our history into a foreign , and to us , unaccustomed language .
However ...
Page ix
For I have already promised so to do throughout this undertaking ; and this
without adding any thing to what is therein ... that God is the father and lord of all
things , and sees all things , and that thence he bestows a happy life upon those
that ...
For I have already promised so to do throughout this undertaking ; and this
without adding any thing to what is therein ... that God is the father and lord of all
things , and sees all things , and that thence he bestows a happy life upon those
that ...
Page 10
nature of the universe ; while our legislator speaks some things wisely , but
enigmatically ; and others under a decent allegory : but still explains such things
as require a direct explication plainly and expressly . However , those who have
a ...
nature of the universe ; while our legislator speaks some things wisely , but
enigmatically ; and others under a decent allegory : but still explains such things
as require a direct explication plainly and expressly . However , those who have
a ...
Page 30
Now Abraham thought that it was not When the lad was grown up , he married a
right to disobey God in any thing , but ... of the dignity of Abraham their father .
and laying what things were necessary for a sacrifice , upon an ass , he went
away ...
Now Abraham thought that it was not When the lad was grown up , he married a
right to disobey God in any thing , but ... of the dignity of Abraham their father .
and laying what things were necessary for a sacrifice , upon an ass , he went
away ...
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| Title | The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, Two Books in Answer to Apion, the Martyrdom of the Maccabees, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself, Volume 1 The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, Two Books in Answer to Apion, the Martyrdom of the Maccabees, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself, Flavius Josephus |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| Editor | Samuel Burder |
| Translated by | William Whiston |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Burder |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Samuel Walker, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2016 |
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