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To write concerning the Antiquities of the Jews, who they were [originally],
and how they revolted from the Egyptians, and what country they traveled
over, and what countries they seized upon afterward, and how they were
removed out of them, I think this not to be a fit opportunity, and, on
other accounts, also superfluous; and this because many Jews before me
have composed the histories of our ancestors very exactly; as have some
of the Greeks done it also, and have translated our histories into their
own tongue, and have not much mistaken the truth in their histories. But
then, where the writers of these affairs and our prophets leave off, thence
shall I take my rise, and begin my history. Now as to what concerns that
war which happened in my own time, I will go over it very largely, and
with all the diligence I am able; but for what preceded mine own age, that
I shall run over briefly.
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