Flavius Josephus - The Antiquities of the Jews & The War of the Jews

Flavius Josephus

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Table of Contents

The Antiquities of the Jews

History of the Jewish War against the Romans

Table of Contents

PREFACE

BOOK I Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirty-Three Years. — From The Creation To The Death Of Isaac

CHAPTER 1 The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements

CHAPTER 2 Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge

CHAPTER 3 Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar

CHAPTER 4 Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of Tongues

CHAPTER 5 After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies, And Inhabited The Whole Earth

CHAPTER 6 How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants

CHAPTER 7 How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The Chaldeans, And Lived In The Land Then Called Canaan But Now Judea

CHAPTER 8 That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence Into Egypt; And After He Had Continued There A While He Returned Back Again

CHAPTER 9 The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War

CHAPTER 10 How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And Saved The Sodomite Prisoners, And Took From The Assyrians The Prey They Had Gotten

CHAPTER 11 How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His Wrath Against Them For Their Sins

CHAPTER 12 Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of Abraham; And Concerning The Arabians, Who Were His Posterity

CHAPTER 13 Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham

CHAPTER 14 Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days

CHAPTER 15 How The Nation Of The Troglodytes Were Derived From Abraham By Keturah

CHAPTER 16 How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife

CHAPTER 17 Concerning The Death Of Abraham

CHAPTER 18 Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education

CHAPTER 19 Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother

CHAPTER 20 Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau

CHAPTER 21 Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity

CHAPTER 22 How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron

BOOK II Containing The Interval Of Two Hundred And Twenty Years. — From The Death Of Isaac To The Exodus Out Of Egypt

CHAPTER 1 How Esau And Jacob, Isaac's Sons Divided Their Habitation; And Esau Possessed Idumea And Jacob Canaan

CHAPTER 2 How Joseph, The Youngest Of Jacob's Sons, Was Envied By His Brethren, When Certain Dreams Had Foreshown His Future Happiness

CHAPTER 3 How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By Reason Of Their Hatred To Him; And How He There Grew Famous And Illustrious And Had His Brethren Under His Power

CHAPTER 4 Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph

CHAPTER 5 What Things Befell Joseph In Prison

CHAPTER 6 How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection

CHAPTER 7 The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine

CHAPTER 8 Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph

CHAPTER 9 Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years

CHAPTER 10 How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians

CHAPTER 11 How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian

CHAPTER 12 Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses

CHAPTER 13 How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh

CHAPTER 14 Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians

CHAPTER 15 How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt

CHAPTER 16 How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them

BOOK III Containing The Interval Of Two Years. — From The Exodus Out Of Egypt, To The Rejection Of That Generation

CHAPTER 1 How Moses When He Had Brought The People Out Of Egypt Led Them To Mount Sinai; But Not Till They Had Suffered Much In Their Journey

CHAPTER 2 How The Amalekites And The Neighbouring Nations, Made War With The Hebrews And Were Beaten And Lost A Great Part Of Their Army

CHAPTER 3 That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He Came To Him To Mount Sinai

CHAPTER 4 How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order, Under Their Rulers Of Thousands, And Rulers Of Hundreds, Who Lived Without Order Before; And How Moses Complied In All Things With His Father-In-Law's Admonition

CHAPTER 5 How Moses Ascended Up To Mount Sinai, And Received Laws From God, And Delivered Them To The Hebrews

CHAPTER 6 Concerning The Tabernacle Which Moses Built In The Wilderness For The Honor Of God And Which Seemed To Be A Temple

CHAPTER 7 Concerning The Garments Of The Priests, And Of The High Priest

CHAPTER 8 Of The Priesthood Of Aaron

CHAPTER 9 The Manner Of Our Offering Sacrifices

CHAPTER 10 Concerning The Festivals; And How Each Day Of Such Festival Is To Be Observed

CHAPTER 11 Of The Purifications

CHAPTER 12 Several Laws

CHAPTER 13 Moses Removed From Mount Sinai, And Conducted The People To The Borders Of The Canaanites

CHAPTER 14 How Moses Sent Some Persons To Search Out The Land Of The Canaanites, And The Largeness Of Their Cities; And Further That When Those Who Were Sent Were Returned, After Forty Days And Reported That They Should Not Be A Match For Them, And Extolled The Strength Of The Canaanites The Multitude Were Disturbed And Fell Into Despair; And Were Resolved To Stone Moses, And To Return Back Again Into Egypt, And Serve The Egyptians

CHAPTER 15 How Moses Was Displeased At This, And Foretold That God Was Angry And That They Should Continue In The Wilderness For Forty Years And Not, During That Time, Either Return Into Egypt Or Take Possession Of Canaan

BOOK IV Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Eight Years. — From The Rejection Of That Generation To The Death Of Moses

CHAPTER 1 Fight Of The Hebrews With The Canaanites Without The Consent Of Moses; And Their Defeat

CHAPTER 2 The Sedition Of Corah And Of The Multitude Against Moses, And Against His Brother, Concerning The Priesthood

CHAPTER 3 How Those That Stirred Up This Sedition Were Destroyed, According To The Will Of God; And How Aaron, Moses's Brother Both He And His Posterity, Retained The Priesthood

CHAPTER 4 What Happened To The Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years In The Wilderness

CHAPTER 5 How Moses Conquered Sihon And Og Kings Of The Amorites, And Destroyed Their Whole Army And Then Divided Their Land By Lot To Two Tribes And A Half Of The Hebrews

CHAPTER 6 Concerning Balaam The Prophet And What Kind Of Man He Was

CHAPTER 7 How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame Them

CHAPTER 8 The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind

BOOK V Containing The Interval Of Four Hundred And Seventy-Six Years. — From The Death Of Moses To The Death Of Eli

CHAPTER 1 How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel