One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the ...

The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his ...

Raphael discusses Josephus within the framework of his times, and there’s much useful material here for the student of military history as well as of Jewish, Roman, and Hellenic culture in the period.

One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the ...

Raphael discusses Josephus within the framework of his times, and there’s much useful material here for the student of military history as well as of Jewish, Roman, and Hellenic culture in the period.