Flavius Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian writing under Roman patronage, composed Antiquities of the Jews as a twenty-volume narrative of Jewish history stretching from the Creation to the outbreak of the Jewish War. It is an indispensable primary source for the Second Temple period, providing accounts of Herod the Great, the Hasmonean dynasty, and the social world of Judea in the centuries surrounding the Common Era.
This free EPUB edition has been carefully reformatted for modern reading. Antiquities of the Jews remains essential reading for historians of the ancient Near East, biblical scholars, and anyone interested in the roots of Judaism and early Christianity.