the life of flavius josephus-第14章

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city　of　Tiberias　in　Galilee。　He　begins　his　history　from　Moses；
and　ends　it　not　till　the　death　of　Agrippa；　the　seventh　＇ruler＇　of
the　family　of　Herod；　and　the　last　king　of　the　Jews；　who　took　the
government　under　Claudius；　had　it　augmented　under　Nero；　and　still
more　augmented　by　Vespasian。　He　died　in　the　third　year　of　Trajan；
where　also　his　history　ends。　He　is　very　concise　in　his　language；
and　slightly　passes　over　those　affairs　that　were　most　necessary
to　be　insisted　on；　and　being　under　the　Jewish　prejudices；　as
indeed　he　was　himself　also　a　Jew　by　birth；　he　makes　not　the　least
mention　of　the　appearance　of　Christ；　or　what　things　happened　to
him；　or　of　the　wonderful　works　that　he　did。　He　was　the　son　of　a
certain　Jew；　whose　name　was　Pistus。　He　was　a　man；　as　he　is
described　by　Josephus；　of　a　most　profligate　character；　a　slave
both　to　money　and　to　pleasures。　In　public　affairs　he　was　opposite
to　Josephus；　and　it　is　related；　that　he　laid　many　plots　against
him；　but　that　Josephus；　though　he　had　his　enemy　frequently　under
his　power；　did　only　reproach　him　in　words；　and　so　let　him　go
without　further　punishment。　He　says　also；　that　the　history　which
this　man　wrote　is；　for　the　main；　fabulous；　and　chiefly　as　to
those　parts　where　he　describes　the　Roman　war　with　the　Jews；　and
the　taking　of　Jerusalem。〃

（25）　Here　Josephus；　a　priest；　honestly　confesses　that　he　did　that
at　the　command　of　Vespasian；　which　he　had　before　told　us　was　not
lawful　for　a　priest　to　do　by　the　law　of　Moses；　Antiq。　B。　III。　ch。
12。　sect。　2。　I　mean；　the　taking　a　captive　woman　to　wife。　See　also
Against　Apion；　B。　I。　sect。　7。　But　he　seems　to　have　been　quickly
sensible　that　his　compliance　with　the　commands　of　an　emperor
would　not　excuse　him；　for　he　soon　put　her　away；　as　Reland　justly
observes　here。

（27）　Of　this　most　remarkable　clause；　and　its　most　important
consequences；　see　Essay　on　the　Old　Testament；　page　193195。

（28）　Of　this　Epaphroditus；　see　the　note　on　the　Preface　to　the
Antiquities。







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