Ancient Documents

War of the Jews - Preface

Preface to War of the Jews. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Against Apion - Book 1

[The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Baruch

The opening verses of this book ascribe it, or at least its first part, to Baruch, the well-known secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. It contains five very different compositions, the first and the last ...[Apocryphal Book Listing]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 3

From the exodus out of Egypt, to the rejection of that generation. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 14

From the death of queen Alexandra to the death of Antigonus. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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War of the Jews - Book 1

From the taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the death of Herod the great. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Against Apion - Book 2

[The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Letter of Jeremiah

Usually placed at the end of Baruch as the sixth chaptter, it is patterned after the earlier letter of Jeremiah (29), in the spirit of the warnings against idolatry contained in Jeremiah 10 and Isaiah 44. Its earnestness is impressive, but in restating previous inspired teachings at a later day, it does so with no special literary grace ...[Apocryp...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 4

From the rejection of that generation to the death of Moses. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 15

From the death of Antigonus to the finishing of the temple by Herod. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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