Joseph Flavius

[maciek]

HI!
I'm very much suprised by this ancient writer - why the hell I didn't found his works earlier. THANK YOU DimitriosPoliorketes for Your link. I believe those texts in book XI and in Bible looks very convincing. Especially Joseph Flavius as his reputation as a writer is quite good and he is reliable source. If so this is very pmuch possible that Alex was in Jerusalem (and Damascus). Well only why another writer didn't wrote about it at all. I have no idea. But I find this finding 9Flavius and Daniel's book) very interesting. There is no doubt that the fragment of bible (with the prophercy) is about Alexander. What is not sure if this was writen before or after Alex...Regards
Maciek

[S]

Greetings,
You'll want to be a little careful with Josephus- his veracity is debated in many circles, with doubt weighing against him, though I have noticed that recently, there has been more support for some of his works.
Regards,
Sikander

[maciek]

HI!Thanks for responce. I tried to search opinions about him and I found that he has controversial opinion as a man (changing the sides, participation in destroing of Jerusalem) but as a writer I found rather good opinions accept that sometimes people who rewrited (I don't know if the word is correct) his books could change things there.Well anyway his story looks very interesting. And is one of first existing sources about Alex.Regards
Maciek