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Fragment from the book Josephus F. Antiquities of the Jews (Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία). The book was written in 93-94. The author mentions ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in an animal and an episode of its damage in a human. To denote the LCF, Josephus Flavius used the Greek term «νεῦρον». See our commentary at the link: 93-94JosephusF [Rus].

Quote

[Lat]

De antiquitate iudaica. Liber primus

(original source: 1150JosephusF, p. 22)

[Grc/Lat]

Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία. BIBΛION A. κεφ. ιθʹ

Antiquitates Iudaicae. Liber primus. Cap. XIX

(original source: 1611JosephusF, p. 33)

[Grc]

Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία. BIBΛION A. (XX. 2)


(original source: 1961JosephusF, p. 158, 160)

Translation

[Eng]

Antiquities of the Jews. Book 1. 20.2

When Jacob had made these appointments all the day, and night came on, he moved on with his company; and, as they were gone over a certain river called Jabboc, Jacob was left behind; and meeting with an angel he wrestled with him, the angel beginning the struggle: but he prevailed over the angel, who used a voice and spoke to him in words, exhorting him to be pleased with what had happened to him, and not to suppose that his victory was a small one, but that he had overcome a divine angel, and to esteem the victory as a sign of great blessings that should come to him; and that his offspring should never fail, and that no man should be too hard for his power. He also commanded him to be called Israel, which in the Hebrew tongue signifies one that struggled with the divine angel. These promises were made at the prayer of Jacob; for when he perceived him to be the angel of God, he desired he would signify to him what should befall him hereafter. And when the angel had said what is before related, he disappeared; but Jacob was pleased with these things, and named the place Phanuel, which signifies. The face of God. Now when he felt pain, by this struggling, upon his broad sinew, he abstained from eating that sinew himself afterward; and for his sake it is still not eaten by us. (original source: 1800JosephusF, p. 68-69).

Josephus F. Flavii Josephi Hierosolymitani sacerdotis Opera quæ extant omnia, nempe. Genevæ, MDCXI [1611].

External links

Josephus F. Libri I-XII de antiquitate iudaica, Rutino Aquileiense interprete. Manuscript, Northern France, [1150-1199]. [archive.org]

Josephus F. Flavii Josephi Hierosolymitani sacerdotis Opera quæ extant omnia, nempe. Antiquitatum Judaicarum libri XX. Sigismundo Gelenio interprete. De bello Judaico libri VII. interprete Rufino Aquilejensi. Liber de vita sua cum interpretatione Gelenii. Adversus Apionem libri II. cum versione antiqua à Gelenio emendata, & De Maccabæis, seu de imperio rationis liber I. cum paraphrasi Erasmi Roterodami … Genevæ: Excudebat Petrus de la Rouiere, MDCXI [1611]. [archive.org]

Josephus F. The works of Josephus. London, Printed for H. Herrington [etc.], 1683. [archive.org]

Josephus F. Complete works of Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews, The wars of the Jews against Apion, etc. Vol. I. … Havercamp’s translation. New York: Bigelow, Brown, 1800. [archive.org]

Josephus F. The genuine works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by William Whiston, containing five books of The Antiquities of the Jews. New York, W. Borradaile, 1825. [catalog.hathitrust.org].

Josephus F. Josephus with an English translation by H. St. J. Thackeray. Antiquities of the Jews. Book I-IV. London, Cambridge: W. Heinemann, Harvard university press, MCMLXI [1961]. [archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

Josephus Flavius (Ἰώσηπος Φλάβιος, Iṓsēpos, Иосиф Флавий; 37/38-100) was a Hebrew historian, scholar, translator and military leader, lived in Holy Roman Empire (Jerusalem, Rome). [wikipedia.org]

The book Antiquities of the Jews was written in the fifty-sixth year of the author's life, or in 93-94. (The Antiquities of the Jews. Book XX. 11.3, wikisource.org)

Joseph, son of Gorian, caled Flavius Josephus.
Imaginary portrait by Thomas Addis Emmet, 1880; original in the wikimedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).

Josephus
Original source: Josephus F. The works of Josephus. London, 1683.

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, Bible, Torah, animals, damage, injury, synonym 

                                                                     

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