This collection includes the work of Titus Flavius Josephus, born Joseph ben Matityahu. Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, historian and hagiographer, who was born in Jerusalemthen part of Roman Judeato a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry. This collection includes Against Apion, The Antiquities of the Jews, Discourse to the Greeks Concerning Hades, The Life of Flavius Josephus, and The War of the Jews.