Josephus - Softcover

Norman Bentwich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438519478 ISBN 13: 9781438519470

Verlag: New Publisher, 2021

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Reseña del editor:

Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies since neither as man of action nor as man of letters did he deserve particularly well of his nation. It is not his personal worthiness but the worth of his work that recommends him to the attention of the Jewish people.

Reseña del editor:

My judgment may appear somewhat severe, but it is when tried by the test of faithfulness to his nation that Josephus is found most wanting; and I hope that while extenuating nothing I have not set down aught in malice. Of the extensive literature bearing on the subject, the books to which I am under the greatest obligation areN iese stext of the collected works andS chiirer sH istory of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus. I have given in an Appendix aB ibliography, which contains the names of most of the works I have referred to. I would mention in particularS chlatter sZ ur TopograpJ iie und Geschichte Paldstinas, which is a remarkably stimulating and suggestive book, and which confirmed a view I had formed independently, that in theW ars, as in the A ntiquities, Josephus is normally a compiler of other mens writings, and constantly expresses opinions not his own. My greatest debt of thanks, however, is due to the spoken rather than the written word. Doctor Biichler, the Principal of Jews College, London, has constantly assisted me with advice, directed me to sources of information, and let me draw plentifully from his own large stores of knowledge about Josephus; and Doctor Friedlaender, Sabato Morais Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of A merica, has done me the brotherly service of reading my manuscript and making many valuable suggestions on it. To their generous help this book owes more than I can acknowledge. NORMAN BEXTWICH. .C airo, February,
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• Verlag: New Publisher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1438519478
• ISBN 13: 9781438519470
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200