Josephus

In his preface of the book JOSEPHUS author Norman Bentwich says that Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies but that the worth of his work recommends him to the attention of the Jewish people. Even though author Bentwich has a sometimes low opinion of TITUS FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS he strongly states that we are indebted to Josephus for a huge amount of knowledge of the first century. Josephus wrote something that has lived says Norman Bentwich ...and for what he wrote he has a niche in the literary treasure house of the Jewish people as well as in the annals of general history. JOSEPHUS by Norman Bentwich is a book that is highly articulate and deeply researched and needs to be read by anyone interested in Jewish history or world history during the time of Jesus Christ.