Download or read book Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 10: Against Apion written by Flavius Josèphe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English commentary on Josephus’ Against Apion, his apologetic treatise which rebuts Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people. Accompanied by a new translation, the commentary provides full analysis of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of the treatise, and analyses its engagement with the cultural politics of the ancient world.