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Selections From Josephus

1TRANSLATIONS OF EARLY DOCUMENTS
General Editors: W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D.
G. H. BOX, D.D.
SERIES II
HELLENISTIC-JEWISH TEXTS
SELECTIONS FROM
JOSEPHUS
3SELECTIONS FROM JOSEPHUS
TRANSLATED BY
H. St. J. THACKERAY, M.A.
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1919
4IN PIAM MEMORIAM
PATRIS CARISSIMI
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CONTENTS

Introduction 9

Selections 33

I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY

(1) The Boy among the Doctors. His Education (V.) 33

(2) A Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome. Eve of the War (V.) 34

(3) The Jewish War and its Reception. Criticism of a Rival Historian (Justus) (V.) 35

(4) After the War. Josephus as Roman Citizen (V.) 37

II. SPECIMENS OF AMPLIFICATION OF THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE

(5) Moses, the Infant Prodigy, introduced to Pharaoh (A. II) 40

(6) Exorcism in the Name of Solomon (A. VIII) 41

(7) Micaiah and Zedekiah Prophesy before Ahab (A. VIII) 42

III. THE COMING OF THE ROMANS

(8) Loss of Jewish Independence. Palestinian Settlement under Pompey (A. XIV) 45

(9) Division of the Country into Five Districts by Gabinius (B. I) 47

(10) Settlement under Julius Cæsar (A. XIV) 47

IV. HEROD THE GREAT

(11) The Youth Herod frees Galilee from the Brigan

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