Flavius Josephus

Flavius Josephus (born 37/38 ce, Jerusalem—died c. 100 ce, Rome) was a Jewish priest, scholar, and historian who wrote valuable works on the Jewish revolt of 66–70 ce and on earlier Jewish history. His major books are History of the Jewish War (75–79), The Antiquities of the Jews (93), and Against Apion. Flavius Josephus was born of an aristocratic priestly family in Jerusalem. According to his own account, he was a precocious youth who by...