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Individual passages from Against Apion, shown in source order. Page 1 of 2.
His response? A powerful and passionate defense of the Jewish people, a work we know as Against Apion. The title Against Apion is a bit misleading, at least for this first book. It...
Remember that feeling when someone tells you something so outrageous, so demonstrably false, that you almost don't want to dignify it with a response? But then you realize, silence...
Against Apion turns to Epaphroditus's Transgression. He begins this work by addressing a man named Epaphroditus. Now, there's some debate about who this Epaphroditus actually was. ...
Josephus begins by expressing his astonishment at those who insist on relying solely on Greek sources when seeking information about the most ancient events. Why, he asks, should w...
Our guide for this adventure is Flavius Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar and historian, and the story comes from his work, Against Apion. This book is essentially ...
Flavius Josephus, in his Against Apion, grapples with precisely this when he contrasts the historical record of the Jews with that of the Greeks. He points out that the Greeks them...
How can the Greeks be so proud, boasting that they alone possess knowledge of antiquity and have delivered accurate accounts of early times? It seems a bit. well, absurd, doesn't i...
Apion was an Egyptian, and he spun a wild yarn about the Jews' exodus from Egypt. Josephus calls it a "novel account," which is a polite way of saying it was complete fiction. But ...
Why can't we get a straight story? Josephus, in his work Against Apion, grapples with this very issue, specifically regarding the discrepancies between Greek and Jewish accounts of...
He's responding to the claims of a writer named Apion, who seems to have a real bone to pick with the Jews of Alexandria. Apion, you see, is going after the Alexandrian Jews, criti...
Josephus points out a fundamental problem: when historians lack reliable source material, disagreements are bound to arise. If there are no original records, then individual interp...
The Jewish people have faced that challenge for centuries, and in his work Against Apion, Josephus steps up to the plate to set the record straight against a particularly virulent ...
Josephus, in his work Against Apion, reflects on this very question. He's making a case for the integrity and antiquity of Jewish history, and he does so by comparing it to the his...
The historian Josephus, in his work Against Apion, tackles these accusations head-on. Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual, throws a real zinger: "If the Jews are citizens of Alex...
It was a matter of utmost importance, a sacred duty meticulously observed. Josephus, in his work Against Apion, gives us a fascinating glimpse into this world. He explains that our...
It's an age-old problem, and one that the historian Josephus tackled head-on in his work, Against Apion. Josephus is responding to claims made by Apion, an Egyptian intellectual kn...
The historian Josephus, writing in his work Against Apion, gives us a glimpse into the Jewish perspective on this very question. He contrasts the Jewish reverence for scripture wit...
Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, takes on Apion's wild accusations in his work Against Apion, and it’s a doozy. Apion, in his eagerness to smear the Jewish people...
Against Apion turns to Vespasian's Understanding. Josephus, a name that echoes through the ages. He was a Jewish leader and scholar who lived in the first century CE, a time of imm...
It comes to us from Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual who lived in the 1st century CE and who, shall we say, wasn't the biggest fan of the Jewish people. His writings, thankful...
Here he is, trying to set the record straight, and he's facing accusations that his work is nothing more than a "scholastic performance," something churned out just for show. Can y...
He claimed they swore "by God, the Maker of the heaven, and earth, and sea, to bear no good will to any foreigner, and particularly to none of the Greeks." Josephus, the Jewish his...
He tackles this head-on in his work, Against Apion, a passionate defense of Judaism against its detractors. And in this section, Josephus gets straight to the point: he's had enoug...
The writer Josephus, in his work Against Apion, deals with just such an argument. He's responding to the claims of a fellow named Apion, who’s taking potshots at the Jewish people....
Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish historian, grappled with this very question when trying to explain why the Jewish people weren't as well-known to the Greeks as, say, the ...
Enter Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual from the 1st century CE. Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, wrote a whole treatise Against Apion to defend Judaism against his sland...
It’s a tangled web of texts, traditions, and sometimes, well, good old-fashioned arguments. Imagine trying to prove your nation’s antiquity. How would you do it? The historian Jose...
Apion, see, had a laundry list of complaints against the Jews. Josephus, in his work Against Apion, takes each one head-on. And in this particular section, Apion throws a few zinge...
Take the story of the Jewish people and their time in Egypt, for example. The familiar version gives us the Exodus story from the Torah, but what did the Egyptians themselves say a...
Against Apion turns to Ancient Slanders Against Moses and the Laws He Gave Israel. You see, back in the day, not everyone was a fan of the Jews. Shocking. Josephus, a Jewish histor...
One such fragment, courtesy of Flavius Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar. He's quoting an Egyptian historian named Manetho in his work Against Apion. Josephus is tr...
It’s a question worth asking, because the answer might surprise you. those who create systems of order, who value living under laws, they're often seen as better, more virtuous peo...
Josephus, in his work Against Apion, is trying to defend the antiquity and accuracy of Jewish history against detractors. And he brings Manetho into the conversation. Now, Manetho ...
Josephus wants to set the record straight about Moses. He argues that when our ancestors decided to leave Egypt and return to their homeland, it was Moses who led them, saving them...
Especially when it comes to ancient history, where records are fragmented and perspectives are varied. how the Jewish narrative, specifically the story of King Solomon's Temple, fi...
The historian Flavius Josephus, writing in his treatise Against Apion, thought he had the answer, at least when it came to the Jewish people. And it all came down to a specific app...
Josephus defends the antiquity of the Jewish people by reaching outside Jewish records. Josephus, defending the antiquity of the Jewish people, calls upon a historian named Menande...
Most people, as Josephus points out in his treatise Against Apion, are pretty clueless about their own legal systems. They bumble along, accidentally break a rule, and only then do...
It turns out, they often are. And that's precisely what Flavius Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian, points out in his work, Against Apion. He's making a case for the anti...
The first-century historian Josephus, in his work Against Apion, offers a fascinating perspective on this very question when describing the Jewish people. He highlights a remarkabl...
He’s wading into a historical debate, and it's more tangled than it first appears. Josephus brings up Berosus, a Babylonian priest and historian, who wrote a Chaldean History. Bero...
It’s a charge that’s been leveled against the Jewish people for centuries. Even Josephus, way back in the first century C.E. tackled this very criticism in his work, Against Apion....
It's a puzzle, drawing together different accounts, comparing notes, and seeing where they align. And sometimes, the most powerful confirmations come from unexpected places. In thi...
Josephus, a fascinating figure from the first century – a Jewish historian who lived through the Roman conquest of Judea – grappled with this very question in his writings. In his ...
A reader can think of ourselves as existing in a bubble, separate from the larger currents of history. But the truth is, we were always part of the conversation, even if sometimes ...
Isn't it amazing to consider the different ways people organize their societies, and how those structures reflect their deepest beliefs? : what could be a more sacred form of gover...
A reader can imagine them through our own lens, colored by sacred texts and centuries of tradition. But what did the rest of the world see? In his writings, Josephus cites Cherilus...
Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish historian, certainly felt that way, and in his work Against Apion, he confronts this head-on. Josephus points out that some writers chose ...
