The Jewish War

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The Jewish War is a seven-book history of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), written by the Jerusalem-born Jewish priest, military commander, and historian Josephus. A former commander of Jewish rebel forces in Galilee who later surrendered to and allied himself with the Roman general (and future emperor) Vespasian, Josephus composed the work in the late 70s CE. The narrative opens with a summary of Jewish history from the Maccabean Revolt through the reigns of the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the period of direct Roman rule. It then narrates in detail the revolt's outbreak, infighting among Jewish factions, the Roman military campaigns under Vespasian and his son Titus, and the eventual siege and destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE, concluding with the fall of the fortress of Masada in 73/74 CE. Josephus writes that the work was first composed in his paternal tongue (either Aramaic or Hebrew) for Jewish audiences in the eastern diaspora, before he produced the surviving...

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