Antiquities of the Jews
11th-century illuminated manuscript | |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία |
| Translator | Thomas Lodge William Whiston Henry St. John Thackeray Ralph Marcus |
| Language | Koine Greek |
| Subject | Jewish history |
| Genre | historiography |
| Published | 93/94 CE |
| Publication place | Roman Empire |
Published in English | 1602 |
| Media type | Manuscript |
| 296.093 | |
| LC Class | DS116.J7418 |
Original text | Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία at Greek Wikisource |
| Translation | Antiquities of the Jews at Wikisource |
Antiquities of the Jews (Latin: Antiquitates Iudaicae; Greek: Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία, Ioudaikē archaiologia) is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian, which was 94 CE. It contains an account of the history of the Jewish people for Josephus's gentile patrons. In the first ten volumes Josephus follows the events of the Hebrew Bible beginning with the creation of Adam and Eve.
The second ten volumes continues the history of the Jewish people beyond the biblical text and up to the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE). This work, along with Josephus's other major work, The Jewish War (De Bello Iudaico), provides valuable background material for historians wishing to understand 1st-century CE Judaism and the early Christian period.