Flavius Josephus
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Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 10
By John M.G. BarclayHerodotus approves Spartan resistance to corruption by foreign wealth (3.148), but both Thucydides (2.39; cf. 1.144) and Plato (Leg. 950a-d) reflect Athenian criticism of Spartan policy as a sign of insecurity (Thucydides) or savagery ...
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Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 10
By Flavius JosèpheWhiston's translation is not only based on an outdated text, from before Niese, but paraphrases freely and uses now antiquated language. Thackeray's Loeb translation (1926) is extremely elegant, and often employs a turn of phrase that ...
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Flavius Josephus: Judean Antiquities
By Flavius Josephus... Gideon's tribal affiliation from Judg 6:15, where the hero alludes to his belonging to this tribe. His further characterization of Gideon as part of the tribe's elite may have been inspired by the angel's address to him in Judg 6:12 ...
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Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary. Judean war. Vol. 1B. 2
By Flavius JosèpheThis book deals with a period of enormous consequence: from King Herod's death (4 BCE) to the first phase of the war against Rome (66 CE).
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Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 1B
By Steve MasonThis book deals with a period of enormous consequence: from King Herod's death (4 BCE) to the first phase of the war against Rome (66 CE).