9/10 · 63. Josephus’s Against Apion

9/10 · 63. Josephus’s Against Apion Written after Antiquities, toward the end of the first century CE, Against Apion defends the antiquity and traditions of the Jewish people against hostile claims. Josephus draws on earlier writers, challenges competing accounts of history and explains Jewish law to a Greek-speaking audience. Spirit Nation includes both books in William Whiston’s translation. Read it for the arguments Josephus chose when his community’s history was being contested. https://t.co/BMgROw3VEJ