Judean Antiquities Books 8-10 ─ Flavius Josephus Translation And Commentary

The narratives by Josephus' (37-100) have become the indispensable source for all scholarly study of Judea from about 200 BCE to 75 CE, being the only comprehensive and connected account of the period. He had the leisure to write, though perhaps not as easy access to information from his fellow Jews as he might have hoped for. He was leading part of the defense of Galilee during the early part of the war against Rome, and surrendered under circumstances that would furnish grounds for endless accusations. He spent the rest of his life comfortably in Rome writing about Judean history and culture, the war, and his own career. The commentary to the translation is footnoted. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Christopher T. Begg, Ph.D. (1978) in Religious Studies, University of Louvain, is Professor of Old Testament at the Catholic University of America. He has published extensively on Josephus' reworkings of the Bible, including Josephus' Account of the Early Divided Monarchy (Peeters, 1993) and Josephus' Story of the Later Monarchy (Peeters, 2000).Paul Spilsbury, Ph.D. (1994), University of Cambridge, is Professor of New Testament at Alliance University College in Calgary, Alberta. He has published widely of Josephus’ interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, including The Image of the Jew in Flavius Josephus’ Paraphrase of the Bible (Mohr Siebeck, 1998).