[As historians of the ancient world,] Josephus is our primary source for reconstructing history in the late second temple period and in the time of Jesus and the first century. Josephus is our ...

Sagiv’s proposal, aligning ancient gates, the Mount of Olives, and the altar placement described in the Mishnah and Josephus, places the Temple to the south of the Dome, a location that fits ...

Following a five-month siege, during which the trapped Jews were, according to Josephus, plagued by murder, famine, and cannibalism, the Romans took Jerusalem. The Temple was destroyed ...

Opinion: Jewish historian Flavius Josephus is the only independent source ... before the conflict led to the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. The latter years of his life were spent in Rome ...

[As historians of the ancient world,] Josephus is our primary source for reconstructing history in the late second temple period and in the time of Jesus and the first century. Josephus is our ...