Josephus: The Complete Works

For hundreds of years, scholars have turned to Josephus to learn more about the context of the Old and New Testaments. Josephus was witness to the cataclysmic war that ended the Jewish nation in 70 A.D., and his is the only eyewitness account of the fulfillment of the prophecies concerning Jerusalem's destruction. Josephus is also valuable for his account of Herod and the deaths of John the Baptist, Jesus, and the apostle James.