c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.519

The Wars of the Jews 3.519

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.519

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

519for it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men’s expectation, but preserves them a great while; it supplies men with the principal fruits, with grapes and figs continually, during ten months of the year and the rest of the fruits as they become ripe together through the whole year; for besides the good temperature of the air, it is also watered from a most fertile fountain. The people of the country call it Capharnaum.