How long does it take to read Josephus?
Josephus by Flavius Josephus takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1926. 496 pages, about 136,400 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 50 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It was published about A.D. 78, when Josephus was about 40 years old. The next work to be published was The Jewish Antiquities, about sixteen years later. It consisted of the early writings of Josephus
Subjects: Antiquities, Apologetic works, Flavius Josephus, History, Jews, Judaism
