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Excerpt from The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, 1815, Vol. 1: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior; To Which Are Prefixed, Three Dissertations
But before I produce the citations themselves out of J ose phus, give me leave to prepare the reader's attention, by set ting down the sentiments of perhaps the most learned per son, and the most competent judge that ever was, as to the authority of Josephus, I mean of Joseph Scaliger in the Pro legomena to his book Dc Emendations Tempomm, p. 17. Josephus is the most diligent and the greatest lover of truth of all writers. Nor are we afraid to aflilm of him, that it is more safe to believe him, not only as to the affairs of the Jews, but also as to those that are foreign to them, than all the Greek and Latin writers, and this, because his fidelity and his compass of learning are every where conspicuous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
