Collection · 5 books · 300 BC to 95 AD
Jewish History
Works of Jewish history and apologetic — Josephus on Genesis through the fall of Jerusalem, along with Second Temple era writings that shape the background of the New Testament.
300s BC
First century
The Jewish War
Josephus · 75 AD — a firsthand account of Rome's destruction of Jerusalem.
Antiquities of the Jews: Volume 1
Josephus · 93 AD — Josephus retells Hebrew scripture for Roman readers, from the Creation to Noah's Flood.
Antiquities of the Jews: Volume 2
Josephus · 93 AD — covers Alexander's fractured empire and the Greek translation of the Jewish law by seventy-two elders.
Against Apion
Josephus · 95 AD — Josephus defends Jewish antiquity against Greek critics and preserves lost ancient fragments.
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