Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies since neither as man of action nor as man of letters did he deserve particularly well of his nation. It is not his personal worthiness but the worth of his work that recommends him to the attention of the Jewish people.
Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies since neither as man of action nor as man of letters did he deserve p...
In his preface of the book JOSEPHUS, author Norman Bentwich says that "Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies, but that the worth of his work recommends him to the attention of the Jewish people." Even though author Bentwich has a sometimes low opinion of TITUS FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, he strongly states that we are indebted to Josephus for a huge amount of knowledge of the first century. Josephus wrote something that has lived, says Norman Bentwich, ..".and for what he wrote, he has a niche in the literary treasure house of the Jewish people as well as in...
In his preface of the book JOSEPHUS, author Norman Bentwich says that "Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthie...
