The whole history of the Jewish people from the creation to the eve of the war, told by a priest for Roman readers. Whiston's translation put into modern English and checked against Niese's Greek, which is shown alongside.
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Contents
Antiquities of the Jews, Book 12
1Ptolemy Seizes Jerusalem2The Law Translated into Greek3The Kings of Asia Honor the Jews4Joseph and His Son Hyrcanus5Antiochus Plunders the Temple6Mattathias Refuses to Sacrifice7Judas Purifies the Temple8Judas Rescues the Jews of Gilead9Eupator Besieges the Temple10Nicanor’s Day and Rome’s Alliance11The Death of Judas