The Jewish War and the Antiquities of the Jews are primary sources for Second Temple Judaism and the fall of Jerusalem. Christian readers kept him because he describes the world of Jesus, John, James, and the early mission.
Flavius Josephus
Jewish historian
Flavius Josephus (c. 37–c. 100) was a Jewish historian of the first century.
- Dates
- c. 37–c. 100
- Role
- Jewish historian
- See
- Judea / Rome