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Josephus: Jewish War

William Whiston (1737)

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Contents

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Opening and sections
  1. PREFACE · Translated text
  2. PREFACE (part 2) · Translated text
BOOK I.
  1. BOOK I. · Translated text
  2. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 1. · Translated text
  3. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 2. · Translated text
  4. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 3. · Translated text
  5. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 4. · Translated text
  6. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 5. · Translated text
  7. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 6. · Translated text
  8. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 7. · Translated text
  9. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 8. · Translated text
  10. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 9. · Translated text
  11. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  12. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 11. · Translated text
  13. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 12. · Translated text
  14. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 13. · Translated text
  15. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 14. · Translated text
  16. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 15. · Translated text
  17. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 16. · Translated text
  18. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 17. · Translated text
  19. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 18. · Translated text
  20. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 19. · Translated text
  21. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 20. · Translated text
  22. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 21. · Translated text
  23. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 22. · Translated text
  24. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 23. · Translated text
  25. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 24. · Translated text
  26. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 25. · Translated text
  27. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 26. · Translated text
  28. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 27. · Translated text
  29. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 28. · Translated text
  30. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 29. · Translated text
  31. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 30. · Translated text
  32. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 31. · Translated text
  33. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 32. · Translated text
  34. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 33. · Translated text
  35. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 33. (part 2) · Translated text
  36. BOOK I. — CHAPTER 33. (part 3) · Translated text
BOOK II.
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  3. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 2. · Translated text
  4. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 3. · Translated text
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  8. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 7. · Translated text
  9. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 8. · Translated text
  10. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 8. (part 2) · Translated text
  11. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 9. · Translated text
  12. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  13. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 11. · Translated text
  14. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 12. · Translated text
  15. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 13. · Translated text
  16. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 14. · Translated text
  17. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 15. · Translated text
  18. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 16. · Translated text
  19. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 16. (part 2) · Translated text
  20. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 17. · Translated text
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  22. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 18. · Translated text
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  24. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 19. · Translated text
  25. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 20. · Translated text
  26. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 21. · Translated text
  27. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 21. (part 2) · Translated text
  28. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 22. · Translated text
  29. BOOK II. — CHAPTER 22. (part 2) · Translated text
BOOK III.
  1. BOOK III. · Translated text
  2. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 1. · Translated text
  3. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 2. · Translated text
  4. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 3. · Translated text
  5. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 4. · Translated text
  6. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 5. · Translated text
  7. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 6. · Translated text
  8. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 7. · Translated text
  9. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 7. (part 2) · Translated text
  10. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 7. (part 3) · Translated text
  11. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 7. (part 4) · Translated text
  12. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 8. · Translated text
  13. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 8. (part 2) · Translated text
  14. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 9. · Translated text
  15. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  16. BOOK III. — CHAPTER 10. (part 2) · Translated text
BOOK IV.
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  5. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 3. · Translated text
  6. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 3. (part 2) · Translated text
  7. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 4. · Translated text
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  9. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER V. · Translated text
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  11. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 7. · Translated text
  12. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 8. · Translated text
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  15. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  16. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER 11. · Translated text
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BOOK V.
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  13. BOOK V. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  14. BOOK V. — CHAPTER 11. · Translated text
  15. BOOK V. — CHAPTER 12. · Translated text
  16. BOOK V. — CHAPTER 13. · Translated text
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BOOK VI.
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BOOK VII.
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  4. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 3. · Translated text
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  6. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER V. · Translated text
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  8. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 6. · Translated text
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  10. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 8. · Translated text
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  13. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 9. · Translated text
  14. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 10. · Translated text
  15. BOOK VII. — CHAPTER 11. · Translated text