The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior ; to which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations, Volume 4David Huntington, 1815 |
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... Concerning the death of Onias . 1. AFTER these promises had been given to Aretas , he made an expedition against Aristobulus , with an army of fifty thousand horse and foot , and beat him in the battle . And when , after that victory ...
... Concerning the death of Onias . 1. AFTER these promises had been given to Aretas , he made an expedition against Aristobulus , with an army of fifty thousand horse and foot , and beat him in the battle . And when , after that victory ...
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... concerning the affairs which Alex- ander , the son of Jason , and Numinius , the son of Antiochus , and Alexander , the son of Dositheus , ambassadors of the Jews , good and worthy men , proposed , who came to re- new that league of ...
... concerning the affairs which Alex- ander , the son of Jason , and Numinius , the son of Antiochus , and Alexander , the son of Dositheus , ambassadors of the Jews , good and worthy men , proposed , who came to re- new that league of ...
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... concerning the rights and privileges of Hyrcanus , the son of Alexander , the high - priest , and ethnarch of the Jews . Since those imperators that have been in the pro- vinces before me have borne witness to Hyrcanus , the high ...
... concerning the rights and privileges of Hyrcanus , the son of Alexander , the high - priest , and ethnarch of the Jews . Since those imperators that have been in the pro- vinces before me have borne witness to Hyrcanus , the high ...
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... concerning their nation , wherein they desire that the Jews may be allowed to observe their Sabbaths , and other sacred rites , according to the laws of their forefathers , and that they may be under no command , because they are our ...
... concerning their nation , wherein they desire that the Jews may be allowed to observe their Sabbaths , and other sacred rites , according to the laws of their forefathers , and that they may be under no command , because they are our ...
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... Concerning the chronology of Herod , and the time when he was first made king at Rome , and concerning the time when he began his second reign , without a rival . upon the conquest and slanghter of Antigonus , both principally derived ...
... Concerning the chronology of Herod , and the time when he was first made king at Rome , and concerning the time when he began his second reign , without a rival . upon the conquest and slanghter of Antigonus , both principally derived ...
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Page 272 - 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 281 - Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, who was called the Baptist ; for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism...
Page 263 - They also believe that souls, have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments, according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life; and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again...
Page 133 - Panium. 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 264 - Temple but offer their sacrifices themselves; yet is their course of life better than that of other men, and they entirely addict themselves to husbandry. It also deserves our admiration how much they exceed all other men that addict themselves to virtue, and this in righteousness; and indeed to such a degree that, as it hath never appeared among any other men, neither Greeks nor barbarians — no, not for a little time — so hath it endured a long while among them.
Page 263 - ... in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments, according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life; and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again: on account of which doctrines they are able greatly to persuade the body of the people...