De bello judaico vs El conde Lucanor: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Biography & Memoir
De bello judaico
The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian. It has been described by the biblical historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of…
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El conde Lucanor
En El conde Lucanor alcanzan culminación y síntesis las tradiciones cuentísticas del mundo oriental y de los predicadores cristianos. La popularidad obtenida por los exempla incluidos en la primera parte no debe, sin…
The verdict
- Readers rate De bello judaico highest: De bello judaico 3.7 · El conde Lucanor 3.3.
- El conde Lucanor is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for De bello judaico.
- El conde Lucanor has the widest readership — 5032 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| De bello judaico | El conde Lucanor | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.3 (5032) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.1 (8) |
Reception
| De bello judaico | El conde Lucanor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 5032 |
| Editions | 87 | 157 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1970 |
| Reading it now | — | 158 |
| Written reviews | — | 317 |
| Pages | 518 | 227 |