Josephus - The Complete Works

Josephus - The Complete Works by William Whiston was published by Thomas Nelson in January 2001 and is our 14641st best seller. The ISBN for Josephus - The Complete Works is 9780785250494.

Josephus The complete Works by William Whiston helps readers to illuminate a better understanding of the New Testament, and what is said about Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon and examine an in-depth history of Herod and his infamous family.

Without Josephus, we would know very little about the Essenes, the ancient Jewish group most frequently associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The earliest independent accounts of the lives of Jesus John the Baptist, and James the brother of Jesus were left by Josephus. We would know very little about the Essenes, the ancient Jewish group most frequently associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls without Josephus.

Features include:

• Against Apion—a defense of the origin of Judaism in the face of Greco-Roman slanders
• The War of the Jews—an account of the Jewish revolt against Rome up to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem
• Index of parallels between Josephus’s Antiquities and the Old Testament including the Apocrypha
• The Antiquities of the Jews—a history of the Jews from Creation to the Roman occupation of Palestine
• The Life of Flavius Josephus—the autobiography of Josephus, who fought against Rome and later served the empire
• Discourse to the Greeks Concerning Hades—a text Whiston attributed to Josephus