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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Creation through Abraham. Josephus retells Genesis for a Greek-reading audience: the origin of the world, the flood, Babel, and the patriarchs.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ β τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Isaac and Jacob. The binding of Isaac, Jacob's wrestle with the angel, Joseph sold into Egypt. Josephus harmonises with Greco-Roman historiography.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Joseph in Egypt. His rise from prison to power, the famine, and the reunion with his brothers. Josephus emphasises divine providence.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τετάρτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Moses and the Exodus. The plagues, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the giving of the Law at Sinai.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ πέμπτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The wilderness and the Law. Josephus presents the Torah's legislation as a rational constitution, comparable to the best Greek lawgivers.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἕκτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  More laws and the death of Moses. Josephus defends the Mosaic code against the charge that it is barbarous or irrational.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἑβδόμῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Joshua and the conquest of Canaan. The fall of Jericho, the division of the land, and the settlement of the tribes.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ὀγδόῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The Judges. Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. Israel cycles between faithfulness and disaster.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἐνάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Samuel, Saul, and the early monarchy. The anointing of Saul, his victories, his jealousy of David, and his fall.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ δεκάτῃ βίβλῳ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  David. His reign, his psalms, the capture of Jerusalem, the affair with Bathsheba, and Absalom's revolt.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Solomon. The building of the Temple, the visit of the Queen of Sheba, and the wisdom that made him legendary.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The divided kingdom. Rehoboam and Jeroboam. The northern and southern kingdoms diverge. Elijah confronts Ahab and Jezebel.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The later kings of Israel and Judah. Elisha, the Assyrian threat, and the fall of Samaria. The northern kingdom is destroyed.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Hezekiah, Josiah, and the Babylonian threat. The reform and destruction cycle continues. The kingdom of Judah approaches its end.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. Nebuchadnezzar destroys the Temple. The Jews are carried away to Babylon.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἑξκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The return from exile. Cyrus, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the rebuilding of the Temple. The Jews under Persian rule.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Alexander the Great and the Ptolemaic period. The Jews under Greek rule. The translation of the Septuagint.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ιη τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The Maccabean revolt. Antiochus Epiphanes desecrates the Temple. Judas Maccabeus rises in rebellion and re-consecrates the sanctuary.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ιθ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  The Hasmonean dynasty and the Roman intervention. Pompey enters the Holy of Holies. Judaea becomes a Roman dependency.

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• Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ κ τῶν Ἰωσήπου ἱστοριῶν τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας.

  Herod the Great and the decades before the Jewish War. The political and religious tensions that will explode in 66 AD.

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