Author: Claude Reignier Conder
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Author: Claude Reignier Conder
Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Author: Claude Reignier Conder
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Author: Flavius Josephus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541012523
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The Wars of the Jews (also titled The Jewish War) is a history by Roman-Jewish author Flavius Josephus, who chronicles a series of conflicts, skirmishes and events between the Jews, Romans, and other influential groups in the Middle East in the 1st century AD. Comprised of seven books, Josephus' account of the fraught and conflicted period of Judeo-Roman history is written with an urgency expected of a man who personally witnessed and lived through the tumultuous events he describes. Josephus commences his work with an overview of Jewish history from the Maccabees through to the Roman conquest. Rome's victory celebrations, and the temporary transition of the Roman military from a conquering to an occupying force, is detailed. The subsequent suppression of the Jewish revolt and the stages of the First Jewish-Roman war are detailed. The Emperor Vespasian oversaw the renewed conflict: his son Titus proved his personal capabilities as a military commander in the Judean theater. Subsequent to Josephus's history, Titus would succeed his father as Roman Emperor with a reputation of a decorated veteran. Having personally observed the shocking destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., Josephus felt moved to write his own interpretation of the conflicts which ultimately led to the temple's demise. Having traveled throughout the Middle East and to Rome personally, Josephus had a strong grasp of Jewish and Roman cultures. Rather than echo other historians of the era by condemning the Jews for agitating the Roman forces, Josephus instead asserts that the war and consequent damage were the result of fanatical zealots. Their charisma led to swathes of the masses lending their support, leaving the traditional Jewish aristocracy - of which Josephus was a member - unable to rein in the popular fury against Rome. This edition of The Wars of the Jews contains all seven books of Josephus' history in their entirety, together with complete sets of notes which clarify certain passages and terms used in the text, appended at the conclusion of each book. The translation to English is by the respected 18th century scholar, historian and theologian William Whiston.

Author: Bezalel Bar-Kochva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521016834
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 694

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An account of Judas Maccabeus' battles against the Seleucid empire between 166 and 160 B.C.

Author: Emil Schürer
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Category : Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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Author: Emil Schürer D.D. M.A.
Publisher: Aeterna Press
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1591

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In the fullness of time the Christian religion sprang out of Judaism; as a fact, indeed, of divine revelation, but also inseparably joined by innumerable threads with the previous thousand years of Israel’s history. No incident in the gospel story, no word in the preaching of Jesus Christ, is intelligible apart from its setting in Jewish history, and without a clear understanding of that world of thought-distinction of the Jewish people. Aeterna Press

Author: Emil Schürer
Publisher: e-artnow
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1184

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This book reviews an often-forgotten aspect of history, that is, the culture, beliefs, politics, and events in the Jewish community several centuries before and after the life of Jesus Christ. It tells about the Roman political system, the representation of the Jewish political parties, the messianic movements, and the Greek and Jewish literature, including Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha.

Author: Emil Schürer
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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Author: Ohio State Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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