Antiquities of the Jews (,
Ioudaike archaiologia; ), also
Judean Antiquities (see
Ioudaios), is a 20-volume historiographical work composed by the Jewish historian
Flavius Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Flavius
Domitian which was around AD 93 or 94.
Antiquities of the Jews contains an account of
history of the Jewish people, written in
Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. In the first ten volumes, Josephus follows the events of the historical books of the
Hebrew Bible beginning with the creation of
Adam and Eve. The second ten volumes continue the history of the Jewish people beyond the biblical text and up to the
Jewish War.