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Antiquities of the Jews

Flavius Josephus · Public domain text

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Author
Flavius Josephus (born 37)
Language
English
Subjects
Jews › Antiquities
Length
544,450 words · about 38 h 8 min
Sections
105 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (105)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. 2. Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge under 1 min
  3. 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants under 1 min
  4. 9. The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War under 1 min
  5. 18. Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education under 1 min
  6. 22. How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron under 1 min
  7. 8. Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph under 1 min
  8. 15. How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt under 1 min
  9. 3. That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He Came To Him To Mount Sinai under 1 min
  10. 12. Several Laws about 1 min
  11. 1. Fight Of The Hebrews With The Canaanites Without The Consent Of Moses; And Their Defeat under 1 min
  12. 4. What Happened To The Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years In The Wilderness under 1 min
  13. 8. The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind about 1 min
  14. 8. Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines under 1 min
  15. VI. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years.—From The Death Of Eli To The Death Of Saul about 1 min
  16. 7. Saul's War With The Amalekites, And Conquest Of Them about 1 min
  17. VII. Containing The Interval Of Forty Years.—From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David about 1 min
  18. 6. How The War Was Waged Against The Ammonites And Happily Concluded under 1 min
  19. 10. How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His Hair And Was Slain about 1 min
  20. 1. How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His Enemies under 1 min
  21. 3. Of The Building Of This Temple about 2 min
  22. 2. Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning The Prophet Elijah under 1 min
  23. 5. Concerning The Wickedness Of Jehoram King O Jerusalem; His Defeat And Death about 3 min
  24. 10. Concerning Daniel And What Befell Him At Babylon about 1 min
  25. 4. How The Temple Was Built While The Cutheans Endeavored In Vain To Obstruct The Work about 11 min
  26. 13. How Archelaus Upon A Second Accusation, Was Banished To Vienna about 1 min
  27. 7. How Herod The Tetrarch Was Banished under 1 min
  28. 1. How Caius [1] Was Slain By Cherea about 1 min
  29. 8. What Other Acts Were Done By Agrippa Until His Death; And After What Manner He Died under 1 min
  30. XX. Containing The Interval Of Twenty-Two Years.—From Fadus The Procurator To Florus about 1 min
  31. 7. Felix Is Made Procurator Of Judea; As Also Concerning Agrippa, Junior And His Sisters under 1 min
  32. 10. An Enumeration Of The High Priests about 8 min
  33. 1. The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements about 6 min
  34. 2. Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge about 5 min
  35. 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 about 10 min
  36. 4. Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of Tongues about 3 min
  37. 5. After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies, And Inhabited The Whole Earth about 1 min
  38. 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants about 12 min
  39. 9. The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War about 14 min
  40. 13. Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham about 5 min
  41. 14. Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days under 1 min
  42. 15. How The Nation Of The Troglodytes Were Derived From Abraham By Keturah about 1 min
  43. 16. How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife about 4 min
  44. 17. Concerning The Death Of Abraham under 1 min
  45. 18. Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education about 5 min
  46. 19. Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother about 13 min
  47. 20. Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau about 3 min
  48. 21. Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity about 2 min
  49. 22. How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron about 28 min
  50. 4. Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph about 7 min
  51. 5. What Things Befell Joseph In Prison about 8 min
  52. 6. How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection about 22 min
  53. 7. The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine about 6 min
  54. 8. Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph about 2 min
  55. 9. Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years. 16 about 11 min
  56. 10. How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians about 5 min
  57. 11. How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian about 3 min
  58. 12. Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses about 4 min
  59. 13. How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh about 4 min
  60. 14. Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians about 6 min
  61. 15. How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt about 42 min
  62. 3. That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He Came To Him To Mount Sinai about 23 min
  63. 7. Concerning The Garments Of The Priests, And Of The High Priest about 10 min
  64. 8. Of The Priesthood Of Aaron about 10 min
  65. 9. The Manner Of Our Offering Sacrifices about 4 min
  66. 10. Concerning The Festivals; And How Each Day Of Such Festival Is To Be Observed about 6 min
  67. 11. Of The Purifications about 4 min
  68. 12. Several Laws about 29 min
  69. 1. Fight Of The Hebrews With The Canaanites Without The Consent Of Moses; And Their Defeat about 18 min
  70. 4. What Happened To The Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years In The Wilderness about 7 min
  71. 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 about 4 min
  72. 6. Concerning Balaam The Prophet And What Kind Of Man He Was about 17 min
  73. 7. How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame Them about 5 min
  74. 8. The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind about 2 h 1 min
  75. 7. That The Judges Who Succeeded Gideon Made War With The Adjoining Nations For A Long Time about 11 min
  76. 8. Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines about 34 min
  77. VI. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years.—From The Death Of Eli To The Death Of Saul about 32 min
  78. 6. How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews And Were Beaten about 10 min
  79. 7. Saul's War With The Amalekites, And Conquest Of Them about 1 h 31 min
  80. VII. Containing The Interval Of Forty Years.—From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David about 36 min
  81. 6. How The War Was Waged Against The Ammonites And Happily Concluded about 35 min
  82. 10. How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His Hair And Was Slain about 1 h 4 min
  83. 1. How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His Enemies under 1 min
  84. 3. Of The Building Of This Temple about 2 min
  85. 1. How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His Enemies about 6 min
  86. 2. Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And Riches; And Concerning What He Obtained Of Hiram For The Building Of The Temple about 12 min
  87. 3. Of The Building Of This Temple about 2 h 17 min
  88. 2. Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning The Prophet Elijah about 23 min
  89. 5. Concerning The Wickedness Of Jehoram King Of Jerusalem; His Defeat And Death about 1 h 57 min
  90. 10. Concerning Daniel And What Befell Him At Babylon about 58 min
  91. 4. How The Temple Was Built While The Cutheans Endeavored In Vain To Obstruct The Work about 7 h 26 min
  92. Antiquities of the Jews (part 10 of 13) about 2 h 43 min
  93. Chapter 3 about 2 h 22 min
  94. 8. Concerning Herod's Death, And Testament, And Burial about 5 min
  95. 9. How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How He Sailed To Rome about 13 min
  96. 10. A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The Authors Of It To Punishment about 14 min
  97. 11. An Embassage To Cæsar; And How Cæsar Confirmed Herod's Testament about 7 min
  98. 12. Concerning A Spurious Alexander about 4 min
  99. 13. How Archelaus Upon A Second Accusation, Was Banished To Vienna about 1 h 16 min
  100. 7. How Herod The Tetrarch Was Banished about 51 min
  101. 1. How Caius 1 Was Slain By Cherea about 1 h 25 min
  102. 8. What Other Acts Were Done By Agrippa Until His Death; And After What Manner He Died about 15 min
  103. XX. Containing The Interval Of Twenty-Two Years.—From Fadus The Procurator To Florus about 32 min
  104. 7. Felix Is Made Procurator Of Judea; As Also Concerning Agrippa, Junior And His Sisters about 20 min
  105. 10. An Enumeration Of The High Priests about 22 min

The opening of 1. The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements

1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. But when the earth did not come into sight, but was covered with thick darkness, and a wind moved upon its surface, God commanded that there should be light: and when that was made, he considered the whole mass, and separated the light and the darkness; and the name he gave to one was Night, and the other he called Day: and he named the beginning of light, and the time of rest, The Evening and The Morning, and this was indeed the first day. But Moses said it was one day; the cause of which I am able to give even now; but because I have promised to give such reasons for all things in a treatise by itself, I shall put off its exposition till that time. After this, on the second day, he placed the heaven over the whole world, and separated it from the other parts, and he determined it should stand by itself.

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