Josephus and Bellies Full of Gold at Cafe Apocalypsis
Filed Under (dee dee's posts, guest posts) by dee dee on 30-11-2009
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Josephus is an interesting man because, on one hand, the history of the Jewish wars is written as a Roman apologetic to aver that God was on the side of Vespasian and Titus (especially in the way he paints them in the best possible light). On the other hand, Josephus writes as a Jewish historian with special concern for his people. Josephus makes it clear that he is disgusted with the Jewish rebels who brought misery upon the people, city, and land. Their misguided nationalism not only sparked this war with Rome, but the various factions of Jewish rebels also mistreat each other to bring further shame and degradation upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I came across an account of the deplorable conditions during the Roman seige of Jerusalem in which Josephus recounts the horrors that befell a group of Jewish refugees who escaped Jerusalem during a time of a severe famine.
