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Josephus: The Man and the Historian by Thackeray. Jewish War, Jewish Antiquities
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CONTENTS
Lecture I. Life and Character of Josephas: estimate of
Value of his Works. Lecture II. The ” Jewish War”
Lecture III. The “Jewish Antiquities”Lecture IV. Josephus and Judaism : his Biblical Text.
Lecture V. Josephus and Hellenism : his Greck Assistants Lecture VI. Josephus and Christianity
Henry St. John Thackeray (Author), George Foot Moore (Preface), Samuel Sandmel (Introduction)
This volume by the late H. St. John Thackeray is a model of thorough scholarship and literary excellence. As translator of Josephus for the Loeb Classical Library and as author of a concordantial “Lexicon of the Greek ‘Josephus’,” Thackeray brings to this work an unexcelled knowledge of the subject, and offers a convenient summary of his conclusions in a masterful form. Samuel S. Cohon. This work presents six lectures, titled: Life and Character of Josephus: Estimate of Value of His Works ~ The “Jewish War” ~ The “Jewish Antiquities” ~ Josephus and Judaism: His Biblical Text ~ Josephus and Hellenism: His Greek Assistants ~ Josephus and Christianity. An Index of Passages appears at the back.