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... some of the best translations of Josephus's writings and whose translation does Kirby's site use for Josephus? Off hand I only know of *William Whiston, who published his translations of Josephus' works waaaay back in 1737(!!!). I think that this would be the edition he would use because it ...

... of those ... put to death for their crimes, as eternal." I got that from the book 'The New Complete Works of Josephus', translated by William Whiston, Commentary by Paul L. Maier, page 1007, near bottom of first column. It is also here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=Vb5lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=put+to+death+for+their+crimes,+as+eternal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_tYvowszRAhWM7IMKHfN6CB8Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=put%20to%20death%20for%20their%20crimes%2C%20as%20eternal&f=false ...

... (Likely a Christian sympathizer; Origen labeled Josephus nonChristian; Some Greek Orthodox Bibles included Josephus' writings; Eisenman and W. Whiston considered him Christian, most scholars don't)(Researched & read church fathers' mentions of Josephus: http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/josephus/josephus.htm) ...

David Hindley wrote: "Cassidorus" was on another, longer, list I gleaned from either one of Whiston's excurses, or Eisler's Messiah Jesus": • TF allusion Cassi o dorus Hist. Tripartit. e Sozomeno. • John the Baptist in Ant 18 Cassidorus Chron. Alex. [= Chronicon ...

David Hindley wrote: "Cassidorus" was on another, longer, list I gleaned from either one of Whiston's excurses, or Eisler's Messiah Jesus": • TF allusion Cassidorus Hist. Tripartit. e Sozomeno. • John the Baptist in Ant 18 Cassidorus Chron. Alex. p. 514. • Josephus ...

... History (which Ben already has in his compilation). Hello, Ken! "Cassidorus" was on another, longer, list I gleaned from either one of Whiston's excurses, or Eisler's Messiah Jesus": • TF allusion Cassidorus Hist. Tripartit. e Sozomeno. • John the Baptist in Ant 18 Cassidorus Chron. ...

... θρασὺς (confident) ἦν (he is) τὸν (the) τρόπον (manner/way) καὶ (and) τολμητὴς (daring) διαφερόντως (above all others) We're talking about William Whiston, who translated this around 1737! Lidell Scott Jones: τολμ-άω , Ion. τολμέω Hdt. 8.77; Dor. 2sg. A.“τολμῇς” Theoc.5.35: fut. “τολμήσω” S.El. ...

... one corroborating text from an author named Dius), taken from Josephus's Jewish Antiquities and Against the Greeks , in the translation by William Whiston."

... for they knew that Cestius was retired, and fell upon those that were left behind unexpectedly, and destroyed about two thousand of them." [Whiston] The town in question was probably Asochis, situated about 10 miles from the Mediterranean Sea and not too far from Jotapata. The synoptic account ...

... (1 Samuel 31.1-13 = 1 Chronicles 10.1-14 = Antiquities 6.14.7-9 §368-378). This thread picks up at that point. The translation for Josephus is Whiston; the translation for Samuel/Kings and Chronicles is the WEB. 2 Samuel 1.1-27 = Antiquities 7.1.1 §1-6 . 2 Samuel 2.1-3.1 = Antiquities 7.1.2-3 ...