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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... greatest part are unacquainted withall , be- cause of their distance from our times ; and we aim to do it with a proper beauty of style , so far as that is derived from proper words harmonically disposed , and from such orna- ments of ...
... greatest part are unacquainted withall , be- cause of their distance from our times ; and we aim to do it with a proper beauty of style , so far as that is derived from proper words harmonically disposed , and from such orna- ments of ...
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... greatest of the towers was shaken by it , and fell down and broke down a part of the fortifications , so the enemy poured in apace ; and Cornelius Faustus , the son of Sylla , with his soldiers , first of all ascended the wall , and ...
... greatest of the towers was shaken by it , and fell down and broke down a part of the fortifications , so the enemy poured in apace ; and Cornelius Faustus , the son of Sylla , with his soldiers , first of all ascended the wall , and ...
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... greatest honour . Gabinius left part of his army there , in order to take the place , and he himself went into other parts of Judea , and gave order to rebuild all the cities that he met with that had been demolished ; at which time ...
... greatest honour . Gabinius left part of his army there , in order to take the place , and he himself went into other parts of Judea , and gave order to rebuild all the cities that he met with that had been demolished ; at which time ...
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... greatest good - will , while he held the city himself , but did neither manage its affairs improperly , nor abuse his authority therein . This conduct procured from the nation to Antipater such respect as is due to kings , and such ...
... greatest good - will , while he held the city himself , but did neither manage its affairs improperly , nor abuse his authority therein . This conduct procured from the nation to Antipater such respect as is due to kings , and such ...
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... greatest favour with Cassius ; for he thought it a part of prudence to cultivate a friendship with the Ro- mans , and to gain their good - will at the expense of others ; whereas , the curators of the other cities , with their citizens ...
... greatest favour with Cassius ; for he thought it a part of prudence to cultivate a friendship with the Ro- mans , and to gain their good - will at the expense of others ; whereas , the curators of the other cities , with their citizens ...
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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...