Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War by Josephus Flavius

Description: De Antiquitate Judaica, De Bello Judaica. Translated from Latin: These titles refer to works by the ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews (De Antiquitate Judaica) covers the history of the Jewish people from their beginnings to the Roman period, while The Jewish War (De Bello Judaica) details the Jewish revolt against Rome. Author: Josephus, Flavius c. AD 37 - c. 100 Folio.(8" x 11.25")1480. Josephus, Flavius. Verona. Petrus Maufer de Maliferis. Full brown calf (near-contemporary?) with ornate blindstamp design to covers, remnants of brass clasps, lacking straps, rebacked to style. Two tears to leather on rear cover, front cover with long blended scratches across center of board. Metal bands at corners. Spine with four blindstamp decorated raised bands, blindstamp X to each compartment. All edges reddened. scattered dampstaining in fore-edge of text leaves; scattered soiling to text; stain at center of f-gii; scattered early marginalia; inscription at bottom of first text leaf "Ex libry Ardemagni". 213 (of 214) leaves (*2, a9, b8, c6, d-k8, kk8, l-x8, y6, A-C8, D6); without blank leaf a1. Roman type, 36 lines. Some initials and book numbers in red and blue ink, largely at front, many spaces at rear left blank. The first printing of Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in Italy. The translation is generally ascribed to Rufinus Aquileiensis, a fourth-century Christian scholar, although the preface by Ludovicus Cendrata states that Josephus himself translated his Greek text into Latin. The text is dedicated by Cendrata to Antonio Donato, a Venetian patrician, ambassador, and in 1480, governor of Verona. This is one of only two works printed by French printer Petrus Maufer while in Verona, as he relocated to Venice the following year. From Wiki: Petrus Maufer, also known as Pierre Maufer, Pietro Maufer, or Petrus Maufer de Maliferis, was a 15th-century French printer of incunables, who learned the trade together with Martin Morin when the family Lallemant from Rouen sent them to the Rhine region to learn about book printing. Instead of returning to Rouen with Morin, he travelled to Italy and became one of the earliest known printers in Padua, Verona, Venice and Modena. Flavius Josephus c. AD 37 - c. 100 or Yosef ben Mattityahu (Hebrew: יוסף בן מתתיהו) was a Roman-Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem-then part of the Roman province of Judea-to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry. He initially fought against the Roman Empire during the First Jewish-Roman War as general of the Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in AD 67 to the Roman army led by military commander Vespasian after the six-week siege of Yodfat. Josephus claimed the Jewish messianic prophecies that initiated the First Jewish-Roman War made reference to Vespasian becoming Roman emperor. In response, Vespasian decided to keep him as a slave and presumably interpreter. After Vespasian became emperor in AD 69, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the Emperor's family name of Flavius. Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman side and was granted Roman citizenship. He became an advisor and friend of Vespasian's son Titus, serving as his translator when Titus led the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Since the siege proved ineffective at stopping the Jewish revolt, the city's pillaging and the looting and destruction of Herod's Temple (the Second Temple) soon followed. Josephus recorded the Great Jewish Revolt (AD 66-70), including the siege of Masada. His most important works were The Jewish War (c. 75) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94). The Jewish War recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation. Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Greek and Roman audience. These works provide valuable insight into first-century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity. Josephus's works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Israel and provide a significant and independent extra-biblical account of such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, James, brother of Jesus, and Jesus of Nazareth. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookselleratgmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey. 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