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Antiquities of the Jews
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Antiquities of the Jews is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by historian Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Domitian, which was 94 CE. The book contains an account of the history of the Jewish people for Josephus's gentile patrons. In the first ten volumes, Josephus follows the events of the Hebrew Bible beginning with the creation of Adam and Eve.
11th-century illuminated manuscript
11th-century illuminated manuscript
A leaf from the 1466 manuscript of the Antiquitates Iudaice, National Library of Poland
A leaf from the 1466 manuscript of the Antiquitates Iudaice, National Library of Poland
Josephus
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Flavius Josephus was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.
Imaginary portrait by Thomas Addis Emmet, 1880
Imaginary portrait by Thomas Addis Emmet, 1880
Galilee, site of Josephus's governorship, before the First Jewish–Roman War
Galilee, site of Josephus's governorship, before the First Jewish–Roman War
The works of Josephus translated by Thomas Lodge (1602)
The works of Josephus translated by Thomas Lodge (1602)
1581 German translation of Josephus' The Jewish War in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland
1581 German translation of Josephus' The Jewish War in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland