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Flavius Josephus on the Maccabees

Flavius Josephus on the Maccabees. The download contains Books 12-13 from Antiquities of the Jews, by the Jewish activist and historian Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37- about 100), from the edition of William Whiston (London, 1879). These books describe events from the time of Alexander the Macedonian (4th century B.C.) to about 67 B.C., and especially the rise to prominence of the Hasmonean rulers Judas Maccabaeus (B.C. 166/5-160), Jonathan (160-142), Simon (142/1-135/4), John Hyrcanus I (135/4-104), Aristobulus I (104-103 ), and Alexander Jannaeus (103-76), to the death of Queen Alexandra (76-67). The Maccabean Revolt (B.C. 167-160) against the Seleucids, also is the subject of several books of the Bible. Josephus' account is the most thorough among his contemporaries, and an inspiration to read and reflect on. Also included are chapters 1 and 2 from Book 1 of Josephus' Wars of the Jews, which briefly describe the period from Antiochus IV Epiphanes (B.C. 215-164) to Herod (B.C. 37-34). Attached to the document is a file containing seven beautiful color maps by cartographers Samuel Butler, William R. Shepherd, and George Adam Smith. Bookmarked and uploaded by Robert Bedrosian, in 65 sea

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