The Life of Flavius Josephus
：With Linked Table of Contents
Publication subTitle ：With Linked Table of Contents
Author： Josephus Flavius
Publisher： Dancing Unicorn Books
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: 9781515409366
Subject： K5 European History;K81 Biography;K82 China
Keyword： 欧洲史,世界史,中国人物传记,传记
Language： ENG
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The family from which I am derived is not an ignoble one, but hath descended all along from the priests; and as nobility among several people is of a different origin, so with us to be of the sacerdotal dignity, is an indication of the splendor of a family. Now, I am not only sprung from a sacerdotal family in general, but from the first of the twenty-four 1 courses; and as among us there is not only a considerable difference between one family of each course and another, I am of the chief family of that first course also; nay, further, by my mother I am of the royal blood; for the children of Asamoneus, from whom that family was derived, had both the office of the high priesthood, and the dignity of a king, for a long time together. I will accordingly set down my progenitors in order.
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