Excerpt from Annotations on the Four Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1 of 3: Compiled and Abridged for the Use of Students The events of the remaining 400 years, except for the short space of time contained in the books of the Maccabees, would have been left to 'the uncertain notices collected from the heathen writers, had not a Jewish author of distinguished excellence supplied the defect. This author is Josephus. He wrote, in twenty books, the Jewish Antiquities, or the history of the Jewish nation; and, in a separate work, the History also of the Jewish war, and the destruction of Jerusalem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.