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William Whiston — English translations

Whiston’s English translations of the Antiquities, the Jewish War and the Against Apion share this discussion page.

Translation and source

William Whiston’s The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian was published in London in 1737. Its title page identifies the work as translated from Greek. Read the digital text at LacusCurtius.

View a later printing (Auburn and Rochester: Alden and Beardsley, 1856) at the Internet Archive.

The English is displayed alongside the Latin for comparison. The reader’s Niese references allow passages in the different versions to be consulted together.

Read Whiston

• Antiquities: Proem and Books I–XX.
• Jewish War: Books I–VII.
• Against Apion: Books I–II.

Thomas Lodge’s English translations are also available for these three works.

Institutional affiliation and research support

This project draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Ce projet s’appuie sur des recherches financées par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada.

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