The divine commandment to exterminate all the Amalekites—men, women, children, even animals who have no free will—is what in contemporary terms has been called no less than genocide. Louis Feldman hel
This volume consists of twenty-three essays that have appeared in nineteen different journals and other publications during a period of over forty years, together with an introduction. The essays deal
The present volume, consisting of 35 studies of various portions of Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, is an attempt to examine the oldest systematic commentary on the historical books of the Bible that ha
This collection of 26 previously published articles is accompanied by a lengthy new introduction by Feldman (classics, Yeshiva U., Israel) reviewing the state of research. The articles have been divid
Josephus (A.D. 37-?100), a pro-Roman Jew closely associated with the emperor Titus, is the earliest systematic commentator on the Bible, as well as one of the foremost historians of the beginning of t
Flavius Josephus (37-ca. 100 CE) was a priestly aristocrat in Judea; after the war against Rome (66-74 CE) he spent the balance of his life in Rome, where he wrote about the war, Judean history and cu
Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo's De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his work on Josephus an
This comprehensive treasury of sources on Judaism in the ancient period will be valued and used by students, scholars, and general readers who are interested in Jewish history, classical studies, or
Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading i
"An anthology of key texts of ancient Jewish literature from the Second Temple period, including commentary that links to the development of both Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity"--
