Ancient Documents

War of the Jews - Book 4

From the siege of Gamala to the coming of Titus to besiege Jerusalem. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Judith

The Book of Judith is a vivid story relating how, in a grave crisis, God delivered the Jewish people through the instrumentality of a woman. The unknown author composed this edifying narrative ...[Apocryphal Book Listing]...

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Additions to Daniel - Bell and the Dragon

The last addition contains the narrative of the destruction of Bel and the dragon. The first narrative recounts the clever manner in which Daniel shows the king that the offerings to the Babylonian idol, Bel, were really consumed at night by the pagan priests and their families: in consequence, these impostors were put to death, and Bel and its tem...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 7

From the death of Saul to the death of David. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 18

From the banishment of Archelus to the departure from Babylon. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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War of the Jews - Book 5

From the coming of Titus to besiege Jerusalem, to the great extremity to which the Jews were reduced. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Additions to Esther

The Book of Esther is named after its Jewish heroine. It tells the story of the plot of Haman the Agagite, the jealous and powerful vizier of King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia (485-464 B.C.), to destroy ...[Apocryphal Book Listing]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Preface

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

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 8

From the death of David to the death of Ahab. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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Antiquities of the Jews - Book 10

From the captivity of the ten tribes to the first year of Cyrus. [The Writings of Flavius Josephus]...

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