Notes on Josephus

1. Antiquities
   1. Book 10 Chapter 11 Section 7 (276) "And indeed it so came to pass, that our nation suffered these things under Antiocus Epiphanes, according to Daniel's vision, and what he wrote many years before they came to pass." It is simply interesting to note how long ago folks had come to recognize the "Type" of fulfillment of prophecy he speaks of hear regarding Daniel's prophecy. THis is not an idea that came about any later than the 1st century, indeed it could have been recognized even as Antiochus was completing his abomination, but in any case, it is not a newer idea.
   2. Book 10 Chapter 11 Section 7 (277-281): Wow! ... "All these things did this man leave in writing, as God had showed them to him, insomuch that such as read his prophecies, and see how they have been fulfilled, would wonder at the honor wherewith God honored Daniel; and may from there discover how the Epicureans are in error, who cast Providence out of human life, and do not believe that God takes care of the affairs of the world, nor that the universe is governed and continued in being by that blessed and immortal nature, but say that the world is carried along of its own accord, without a ruler and a curator; which, were