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Josephus vs. Jeremiah

The Difference Between Historian and Prophet

By Avishai Margalit

At age 13, I was called a traitor.

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Footnotes

1.

Louis H. Feldman, Reviews: “Was Josephus a Traitor?” BAR 36:03.

Endnotes

1.

Quoted in Fionnuala Ni Aolain, “Where Hope and History Rhyme—Prospects for Peace in Northern Ireland?” Journal of International Affairs 50, no. 1 (1996), p. 74.

2.

Josephus, Jewish War 7.323 (Elazar ben Yair’s speech).

3.

Josephus, Jewish War 1.9–1 (Loeb ed.) (Cambridge: Harvard Univ., 1927).

4.

Josephus, Jewish War 1.9–11.