Giving up on Josephus
I am giving up on Flavius Josephus. I just have too much difficulty making heads or tails of what all he is up to in his life. I am probably not familiar enough with the history of that time to make sense of it. It may be that I will write about him again in a more general way, but for now, it is just hanging over my head, making me feel guilty for not writing about him, so I am publicly abandoning him.
At the moment, it would be much more useful to me to study ways of keeping cool in the summertime!
At the moment, it would be much more useful to me to study ways of keeping cool in the summertime!
posted by Mary A | 2:07 PM
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Have you seen "Josephus and the New Testament"? It's quite helpful.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156563795X/qid=1150149207/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8860319-1969664?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
"Just like vapor into the air."
Gaseous Florus
The Monk, thanks for that book recommendation. I'll look into that.
My dear Gaseous Florus, somehow I knew I would hear from you! :D
I find that I have that problem a lot when I try to read World History or Ancient History. I think that I heard that Bill Bryson has a book that gives and overview of history that is pretty good. I know that I really liked his book about the History of the English language. He filled in the background information and do so in such an interesting way. I find that when I try to read Will Durant(my dad's favorite historian) that he writes in a way that I do not know many of his references. A pet peeve of mine is when a writer will say the name of a city without a country!
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