Excerpt from Stories of the Wars of the Jews: From the Babylonian Captivity, to the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus

The works which I have chiefly consulted in compiling the following sketch, have been (in addition to the Holy Scriptures) the books of the Apocrypha, Josephus' Wars of the Jews, the elaborate writings of Prideaux, and a small volume on the history of the Hebrews, published some years ago in India.

There is no history more fraught with interest, or conveying more important lessons, than that of God's chosen nation. There are no annals which display instances of more heroic courage, faith, and self-devotion, - alas! of darker apostasy and crime, - than those of the descendants of Abraham.

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