c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.34

The Wars of the Jews 1.34

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.34

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

342. Now Antiochus was not satisfied either with his unexpected taking the city, or with its pillage, or with the great slaughter he had made there; but being overcome with his violent passions, and remembering what he had suffered during the siege, he compelled the Jews to dissolve the laws of their country, and to keep their infants uncircumcised, and to sacrifice swine’s flesh upon the altar;