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All free classicsAntiquities of the Jews
The Wars of the Jews
Against Apion
Selections From Josephus
Arguments of Celsus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Julian, Against the Christians
The Life of Flavius Josephus
An Extract out of Josephus's Discourse to The Greeks Concerning Hades
The Project Gutenberg Works of Flavius Josephus
About Josephus
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 Hasmonean royal ancestry.
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