Download or read book Flavius Josephus written by Flavius Josephus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a new translation of and commentary on Josephus' Judean Antiquities, Books 5-7, which cover the period from the entry into the land down to the death of King David. Topics addressed by the commentary include Josephus' handling of his biblical sources, the biblical text-forms used by him, and Jewish and Greco-Roman parallels.