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    The Jewish War

    Revised Edition

    Author Flavius Josephus, Betty Radice
    Introduction by G. A. Williamson
    Translated by G. A. Williamson
    Revised by E. Mary Smallwood
    Paperback
    $18.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    On sale Feb 07, 1984 | 512 Pages | 9780140444209
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    A superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70

    Originally a rebel leader, Flavius Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator. He was uniquely placed to observe the turbulent events of the Jewish-Roman War, from the siege of Jerusalem to the final heroic resistance and mass suicides at Masada. Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity provides much of what we know about the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with vivid portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the Great. Often self-justifying and divided in its loyalties, The Jewish War nevertheless remains one of the most immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors, ever written.
    The Jewish War - Josephus Foreword to This Edition
    Introduction
    Josephus' Life
    Josephus' Works
    Josephus as a Historian

    THE JEWISH WAR

    Preface
    1. Herod's Predecessors
    2. Herod's Rise to Power
    3. Herod Master of Palestine
    4. Herod's Murder of Mariamme and her Children
    5. Herod's Murder of his Heir, and Death
    6. The Rise and Fall of Archelaus
    7. Judaea under Roman Rule
    8. War Clouds
    9. The Outbreak of War
    10. Josephus Governor of Galilee
    11. The Coming of Vespasian and Titus
    12. Josephus the Prisoner of Vespasian
    13. Vespasian's Conquering Advance
    14. Factions in Jerusalem
    15. Atrocities in the City. Vespasian's Intervention
    16. Vespasian Emperor
    17. The Siege of Jerusalem - First Stages
    18. Two Walls Captured
    19. The Horrors of the Siege
    20. Antonia Captured and Destroyed
    21. The Temple Burnt and the City Taken
    22. Jerusalem Destroyed: Roman Celebrations
    23. Cleaning-up Operations
    Notes
    Appendixes:
    A. Bandits, Terrorists, Sicarii and Zealots
    B. Roman Provincial Administration and Defence
    C. Money
    D. Josephus' Calendar
    E. Qumran
    F. The Slavonic Versions of The Jewish War
    Chronological Table
    Maps and Plans:
    The Eastern Mediterranean
    Palestine
    Jerusalem in A. D. 70
    Herod's Temple Enclosure
    Herod's Temple
    The Herodian Family
    Glossary of Technical Terms
    Bibliography
    Index

    Flavius Josephus View titles by Flavius Josephus
    Betty Radice read classics at Oxford, then married and, in the intervals of bringing up a family, tutored in classics, philosophy and English. She became joint editor of the Penguin Classics in 1964. As well as editing the translation of Livy’s The War with Hannibal she translated Livy’s Rome and Italy, Pliny’s Letters, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise and Erasmus’s Praise of Folly, and also wrote the introduction to Horace’s Complete Odes and Epodes, all for the Penguin Classics. She also edited Edward Gibbon’s Memoirs of My Life for the Penguin English Library, and edited and annotated her translation of the younger Pliny’s works for the Loeb Library of Classics and translated from Renaissance Latin, Greek and Italian for the Officina Bodoni of Verona. She collaborated as a translator in the Collected Works of Erasmus, and was the author of the Penguin Reference Book Who’s Who in the Ancient World. Betty Radice was an honorary fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and a vice-president of the Classical Association. Betty Radice died in 1985. View titles by Betty Radice

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    A superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70

    Originally a rebel leader, Flavius Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator. He was uniquely placed to observe the turbulent events of the Jewish-Roman War, from the siege of Jerusalem to the final heroic resistance and mass suicides at Masada. Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity provides much of what we know about the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with vivid portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the Great. Often self-justifying and divided in its loyalties, The Jewish War nevertheless remains one of the most immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors, ever written.

    Table of Contents

    The Jewish War - Josephus Foreword to This Edition
    Introduction
    Josephus' Life
    Josephus' Works
    Josephus as a Historian

    THE JEWISH WAR

    Preface
    1. Herod's Predecessors
    2. Herod's Rise to Power
    3. Herod Master of Palestine
    4. Herod's Murder of Mariamme and her Children
    5. Herod's Murder of his Heir, and Death
    6. The Rise and Fall of Archelaus
    7. Judaea under Roman Rule
    8. War Clouds
    9. The Outbreak of War
    10. Josephus Governor of Galilee
    11. The Coming of Vespasian and Titus
    12. Josephus the Prisoner of Vespasian
    13. Vespasian's Conquering Advance
    14. Factions in Jerusalem
    15. Atrocities in the City. Vespasian's Intervention
    16. Vespasian Emperor
    17. The Siege of Jerusalem - First Stages
    18. Two Walls Captured
    19. The Horrors of the Siege
    20. Antonia Captured and Destroyed
    21. The Temple Burnt and the City Taken
    22. Jerusalem Destroyed: Roman Celebrations
    23. Cleaning-up Operations
    Notes
    Appendixes:
    A. Bandits, Terrorists, Sicarii and Zealots
    B. Roman Provincial Administration and Defence
    C. Money
    D. Josephus' Calendar
    E. Qumran
    F. The Slavonic Versions of The Jewish War
    Chronological Table
    Maps and Plans:
    The Eastern Mediterranean
    Palestine
    Jerusalem in A. D. 70
    Herod's Temple Enclosure
    Herod's Temple
    The Herodian Family
    Glossary of Technical Terms
    Bibliography
    Index

    Author

    Flavius Josephus View titles by Flavius Josephus
    Betty Radice read classics at Oxford, then married and, in the intervals of bringing up a family, tutored in classics, philosophy and English. She became joint editor of the Penguin Classics in 1964. As well as editing the translation of Livy’s The War with Hannibal she translated Livy’s Rome and Italy, Pliny’s Letters, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise and Erasmus’s Praise of Folly, and also wrote the introduction to Horace’s Complete Odes and Epodes, all for the Penguin Classics. She also edited Edward Gibbon’s Memoirs of My Life for the Penguin English Library, and edited and annotated her translation of the younger Pliny’s works for the Loeb Library of Classics and translated from Renaissance Latin, Greek and Italian for the Officina Bodoni of Verona. She collaborated as a translator in the Collected Works of Erasmus, and was the author of the Penguin Reference Book Who’s Who in the Ancient World. Betty Radice was an honorary fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and a vice-president of the Classical Association. Betty Radice died in 1985. View titles by Betty Radice

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