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Title: The New Complete Works of Josephus by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston, Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0-8254-2924-2 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read for the Serious Historian
Comment: This book was a serendipitous purchase. I was reading "James the Brother of Jesus, and that author recommended having three other works available while studying. One was "Josephus." I have not, unfortunately, finished "James" yet, but am totally fascinated by Josephus. One sees him as a bit puffed up about himself at times, as the detailed historian, the passionate supporter of causes, but most of all as a realist of the time. So valuable because organized religion seldom provides the lay person seldom insight into the actual social and political pressures that moved events that we take for granted in an almost legendary way. Again, a fascinating work is Josephus.
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost worth five stars
Comment: In studying Judean history in the first century CE, there is no historian more important than Josephus, especially when one is interested in the study of the historical Jesus or of the world around him (the religious/social/political climate, etc.) Josephus is not only the only Jewish historian of this era to comment on Jesus, he is the only Jewish historian to thoroughly present the history as well as psychological outlook of Jews through a lengthy span of time. His works are immeasurably important to anyone interested in this line of study. This book contains all of his important works and more: his autobiography, Jewish Antiquities, The Jewish War, Against Apion, and an extract out of Josephus's Discource to the Greeks Concerning Hades (the last of which is EXTREMELY HELPFUL in understanding the Jewish view of the afterlife at the time of Josephus.)
This edition of Josephus is helpful, with occasional essays on certain topics (i.e. "Josephus and the Romans" or the family tree of the House of Herod.) The translation is a little stale, but easy enough to understand (and I am assured that the faults in the original Whiston translation have been corrected.) The textual notes are VERY helpful, if a little dated and biased. It is for these negatives that I gave this work 4 stars instead of 5-- though I really am indebted to those who put together this extremely comprehensive, helpful volume of one of the most important historians relating to the history of Israel/Judea.
Rating: 4
Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Comment: THE ONLY THING I DID NOT LIKE IT, IS THE SMALL LETTERS. YOU GET TIRE AFTER A WHILE OF READING.
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Title: Eusebius, the Church History: A New Translation With Commentary by Eusebius, Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0825433282 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by Geza Vermes ISBN: 0140278079 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition by C.D. Yonge, David M. Scholer ISBN: 0943575931 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.97 |
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Title: Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Eusebius, G.A. Williamson ISBN: 0140445358 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Josephus and New Testament by Steven Mason ISBN: 156563795X Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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