Audiobook

Selections from Josephus

Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Empire deals with the Jewish people. Born in Jerusalem during the reign of Caligula; present with the Roman Army of Vespasian and Titus at the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple, Josephus stands preeminent among early Christian period writers.

"I have selected the passages most relevant to Christian origins and New Testament study," writes Henry St. James Thackery of King's College, UK, leading biblical scholar on Josephus and Koine Greek translator.

"Some figures which in the New Testament are little more than names, become clothed with life" by Josephus as he "gives us the background of Jewish and world history in the time of our Lord and the infant church. ... And we have full and life-like portraits of Roman governors and generals."

More than 400 footnotes and extensive appendix notes have been woven through the audio recording that the listener might experience Thackery's insights and teaching, as if in his class at King's. Many of the names and places are read with Erasmian Koine Greek pronunciation. (Summary by Rebecca Eden Walker)

Year of Publication: Genres: Antiquity , Christianity - Biographies

Running Time: 08 hours 10 minutes 27 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction Life Rebecca Eden Walker	12:55
2	Introduction Works Rebecca Eden Walker	16:11
3	Introduction The Man and the Historian Rebecca Eden Walker	35:39
4	I Autobiography Selections 1-4 Rebecca Eden Walker	16:37
5	II. Specimens of Amplification of the Biblical Narrative Selections 5-7 Rebecca Eden Walker	10:50
6	III. The Coming of the Romans Selections 8-10 Rebecca Eden Walker	7:27
7	IV. Herod the Great Selections 11-16 Rebecca Eden Walker	21:53
8	IV. Herod the Great Selections 17-21 Rebecca Eden Walker	23:07
9	V. Archelaus and Pilate Selections 22-24 Rebecca Eden Walker	26:01
10	V. Archelaus and Pilate Selection 26 Jesus Christ Rebecca Eden Walker	29:12
11	V. Archelaus and Pilate Selections 25, 27-28 Rebecca Eden Walker	9:55
12	VI. The Later Herods Selection 29 Murder of John the Baptist, Selection 30 Rebecca Eden Walker	17:32
13	VI. The Later Herods Selections 31-33 Rebecca Eden Walker	15:52
14	VI. The Later Herods Selections 34-37 Death of James "The Lord's Brother" Rebecca Eden Walker	25:04
15	VII. Scenes from the Jewish War Selections 38-40 Seeds of and Immediate Cause of War Rebecca Eden Walker	30:35
16	VII. Scenes from the Jewish War Selections 41-43 Jotapata Rebecca Eden Walker	40:57
17	VII. Scenes from the Jewish War Selections 44-48 Murder of High Priest Ananus also Zacharius Rebecca Eden Walker	35:20
18	VII Scenes from the Jewish War Selections 49-52 Conflagration of Temple, Jerusalem in Flames Rebecca Eden Walker	27:34
19	VIII. The Jewish Sects Selections 53-55 Rebecca Eden Walker	30:52
20	VIII. The Jewish Sects Selections 56-60 Rebecca Eden Walker	20:23
21	IX. Jewish Theology, Scriptures and Customs Selections 61-65 Rebecca Eden Walker	30:03
22	Table of Dates Rebecca Eden Walker	6:28