The Wars of the Jews
Flavius Josephus
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The Wars of the Jews (or The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem, or as it usually appears in modern English translations, The Jewish War - original title: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious bibliona) is a book written by the 1st century Jewish historian Josephus.
It is a description of Jewish history from the capture of Jerusalem by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC to the fall and destruction of Jerusalem in the First Jewish-Roman War in AD 70. The book was written about 75, originally in Josephus's "paternal tongue", probably Aramaic, though this version has not survived. It was later translated into Greek, probably under the supervision of Josephus himself.
The sources of knowledge that we have of this war are Josephus's account and from the Talmud (gittin 57b) and in midrash Eichah. (Summary by Wikipedia) (23 hr 25 min)
Chapters
00 - Preface | 20:33 | Read by Graham Redman |
01 - Book 1, Ch 01-02 | 16:11 | Read by lukeprog |
02 - Book 1, Ch 03-04 | 16:27 | Read by lukeprog |
03 - Book 1, Ch 05-06 | 14:44 | Read by lukeprog |
04 - Book 1, Ch 07-08 | 20:03 | Read by lukeprog |
05 - Book 1, Ch 09-10 | 16:51 | Read by lukeprog |
06 - Book 1, Ch 11-12 | 14:48 | Read by MorganScorpion |
07 - Book 1, Ch 13-14 | 18:26 | Read by MorganScorpion |
08 - Book 1, Ch 15-16 | 17:40 | Read by MorganScorpion |
09 - Book 1, Ch 17-18 | 19:54 | Read by Kevin Lavin |
10 - Book 1, Ch 19-20 | 19:44 | Read by TriciaG |
11 - Book 1, Ch 21-22 | 22:44 | Read by TriciaG |
12 - Book 1, Ch 23-24 | 23:55 | Read by ontheroad |
13 - Book 1, Ch 25-26 | 19:32 | Read by ontheroad |
14 - Book 1, Ch 27-28 | 17:22 | Read by ontheroad |
15 - Book 1, Ch 29-30 | 16:34 | Read by Sibella Denton |
16 - Book 1, Ch 31-32 | 20:49 | Read by Sibella Denton |
17 - Book 1, Ch 33 | 12:46 | Read by Sibella Denton |
18 - Book 2, Ch 01-02 | 15:07 | Read by Sibella Denton |
19 - Book 2, Ch 03-05 | 13:37 | Read by Sibella Denton |
20 - Book 2, Ch 06-07 | 13:17 | Read by Sibella Denton |
21 - Book 2, Ch 08-09 | 34:28 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
22 - Book 2, Ch 10-11 | 17:33 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
23 - Book 2, Ch 12-13 | 20:43 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
24 - Book 2, Ch 14-15 | 25:12 | Read by TriciaG |
25 - Book 2, Ch 16 | 26:49 | Read by TriciaG |
26 - Book 2, Ch 17 | 16:21 | Read by TriciaG |
27 - Book 2, Ch 18 | 20:15 | Read by John Baker |
28 - Book 2, Ch 19 | 18:34 | Read by John Baker |
29 - Book 2, Ch 20 | 14:45 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
30 - Book 2, Ch 21-22 | 24:04 | Read by TriciaG |
31 - Book 3, Ch 01-03 | 18:23 | Read by Mark Wilson |
32 - Book 3, Ch 04-06 | 22:25 | Read by Mark Wilson |
33 - Book 3, Ch 07 part 1 | 25:27 | Read by Mark Wilson |
34 - Book 3, Ch 07 part 2 | 26:59 | Read by Mark Wilson |
35 - Book 3, Ch 08 | 18:38 | Read by Ann Boulais |
36 - Book 3, Ch 09 | 12:35 | Read by Ann Boulais |
37 - Book 3, Ch 10 | 22:40 | Read by Ann Boulais |
38 - Book 4, Ch 01 | 22:44 | Read by TriciaG |
39 - Book 4, Ch 02 | 10:54 | Read by harsh365 |
40 - Book 4, Ch 03 | 32:07 | Read by TriciaG |
41 - Book 4, Ch 04 | 23:20 | Read by TriciaG |
42 - Book 4, Ch 05 | 17:29 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
43 - Book 4, Ch 06 | 12:48 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
44 - Book 4, Ch 77 | 16:07 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
45 - Book 4, Ch 08 | 14:26 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
46 - Book 4, Ch 09 | 24:38 | Read by Ann Boulais |
47 - Book 4, Ch 10 | 16:40 | Read by Hollis Hanover |
48 - Book 4, Ch 11 | 10:40 | Read by Ann Boulais |
49 - Book 5, Ch 01 | 19:35 | Read by hearhis |
50 - Book 5, Ch 02 | 17:08 | Read by Hollis Hanover |
51 - Book 5, Ch 03-04 | 27:56 | Read by Hollis Hanover |
52 - Book 5, Ch 05 | 23:46 | Read by JoeD |
53 - Book 5, Ch 06 | 15:51 | Read by MorganScorpion |
54 - Book 5, Ch 07-08 | 17:49 | Read by TriciaG |
55 - Book 5, Ch 09 | 24:53 | Read by TriciaG |
56 - Book 5, Ch 10-11 | 22:07 | Read by Ann Boulais |
57 - Book 5, Ch 12-13 | 24:12 | Read by Ann Boulais |
58 - Book 6, Ch 01 | 29:40 | Read by Mark F. Smith |
59 - Book 6, Ch 02 | 26:01 | Read by Ann Boulais |
60 - Book 6, Ch 03 | 13:34 | Read by Ann Boulais |
61 - Book 6, Ch 04 | 16:02 | Read by TriciaG |
62 - Book 6, Ch 05 | 16:06 | Read by TriciaG |
63 - Book 6, Ch 06-07 | 17:41 | Read by TriciaG |
64 - Book 6, Ch 08-10 | 22:59 | Read by TriciaG |
65 - Book 7, Ch 01-02 | 12:18 | Read by Katie Riley |
66 - Book 7, Ch 03-04 | 18:13 | Read by Katie Riley |
67 - Book 7, Ch 05 | 18:10 | Read by TriciaG |
68 - Book 7, Ch 06-07 | 24:36 | Read by TriciaG |
69 - Book 7, Ch 08 part 1 | 19:00 | Read by David Leeson |
70 - Book 7, Ch 08 part 2 | 19:42 | Read by David Leeson |
71 - Book 7, Ch 09-11 | 19:10 | Read by David Leeson |
Reviews
excellent read
Jkjones
I was enthralled the entire time. the narration of the many readers were excellent aside from those with thick accents. I really enjoyed the narrations of Ann Bolei... I love learning ancient history. librivox makes it easy
Excellent history of the period
Bruce G
This is a very interesting telling of the history of the Roman war and the history of the period. Thank you for all reading this history !
EricP
An incredible historical document. Very important for church history. Amazing how the books of the prophets and Jesus’s own prophecy were fulfilled in the period of this war concerning the Jews.
excellent
prusc
many of the readers were very good
kenny okunola
A LibriVox Listener
this is a great book
Great Job
Kyle
Competently read, thanks readers!