I. "Jewish War" And "Antiquities." The Works Of Josephus Were All Composed In The Greek Language, With The Exception Of His First Draft Of The "Jewish War," Which Was In Aramaic. His Principal Purpose Was To Communicate To The Greco-Roman World The Knowledge Of The History Of His People, Whom He Defends And Glorifies In Every Possible Way. The "History Of The Jewish War," In Seven Books, Is His Earliest And Most Carefully Written Work. The First And Second Books Gave A Survey Of Jewish History From The Time Of The Maccabees To The Outbreak Of The Insurrection Against The Romans. The Rest Of The Work Is A Detailed Account Of The War From The Beginning In 66 To The Complete Suppression In 73. It Was Written Late In The Reign Of Vespasian (69 To 79 A.D.; Cf. War, Preface, Chap. I.; Ant., Preface, Chap. I.). It Was Presented To Vespasian, Titus, And Agrippa Ii., And The Author Received Commendation For The Accuracy Of His Account. The "Antiquities" ("Jewish Archeology") Is A Comprehensive History Of The Jewish People From The Beginnings Of Biblical History To The Outbreak Of The War In 66 A.D., In Twenty Books, After The Model Of The Romaike Archaiologia Of Dionysius Of Halicarnassus. It Was Completed In The Thirteenth Year Of Domitian, 93-94 A.D. For The Biblical Period (Books I.-Xi.) Josephus Draws Almost Exclusively From The Bible In The Septuagint Version, But He Modifies The Biblical Story And Supplements It By Legends, Following Current Traditions. Here And There He Seems To Have Employed Also Hellenistic Compilations Of Biblical History, Especially Those Of Demetrius And Artapanus. Finally, He Inserted Notices From Greek Writers Of Profane History When He Dealt, For Instance, With The Flood, With Primitive Man, With Phoenician History, And The Like. The Post-Biblical Period Of Jewish History Is Treated By Josephus Without Any Due Sense Of Proportion According To The Condition Of His Sources. He Has Little To Say On The Period From Alexander The Great To The Time Of The Maccabeus, Filling The Gap With An Extensive Extract From Pseudo-Aristae’S (See Aristeas) On The Origin Of The Greek Translation Of The Bible. For The History Of The Maccabeus (175-135 B.C.) He Had An Excellent Source In I Maccabeus (See Apocrypha, A, Iv., 9), Which He Supplemented From The Works Of Polybius. The Later History Of The Hasmoneans Seems To Depend Upon The More General Works Of Strabo And Nicolas Of Damascus. The Main Source For The History Of Herod (Books Xv.-Xvii.) Was Nicolaus Damascenus, Who, As An Intimate Councilor Of Herod, Was Acquainted With The Internal History Of The Court And Described In Great Detail The History Of His Land. The History From The Death Of Herod To The Outbreak Of The War (Books Xviii.-Xx.) Is Treated Quite Meagerly. For The Last Decades Josephus Was Able To Draw From Oral Information Or From His Own Experience. He Inserted A Number Of Documents--Decrees Of The Roman Senate, Letters Of Roman Magistrates, Decrees Of Cities Of Asia Minor Under Roman Influence, And The Like--The Majority