The Princeton scholar James Charlesworth once said that he had inherited the libraries of five pastors who had either retired or passed away, and in every single one of them was a copy of Wiliam Whiston’s translation of Josephus. If you don’t know, Josephus was a first-century Judean aristocrat who played a key role in the Judean rebellion against Rome before getting captured and defecting to the Roman side. His
My father was a pastor and theologian (WWII veteran) with two earned doctorates, and he would repeatedly refer to his volumes of Josephus in his library and quote Whiston's translation in his courses. His works informed my early ministry as well.
My father was a pastor and theologian (WWII veteran) with two earned doctorates, and he would repeatedly refer to his volumes of Josephus in his library and quote Whiston's translation in his courses. His works informed my early ministry as well.