The Latin Josephus Project

For 1000 years, medieval readers eagerly studied the works of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (c. 37–100 CE). They left their notes in the margins of their books.

This project allows the scholars of today to read Josephus in the Latin versions known during the Middle Ages, including these notes, alongside the original Greek, and translations into English, French, and Italian.

This site was thoroughly revised and expanded in autumn of 2026.

Latin Josephus 3.0 — Read the release announcement

Scholarly corpus and research data — Download and cite the archived v3.0 dataset on Zenodo.

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Antiquitates Judaicae — an account of Jewish history from Creation to the first century.

Bellum Judaicum — the background to, and then the history of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans, 66–74 CE.

Contra Apionem — a defence of Jewish traditions and their venerability.

De Excidio Hierosolymitano — a heavily Christianised Latin reworking of the Jewish War, first attributed to Josephus, and later to Hegesippus (hence the moniker, Ps. Hegesippus).

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Search across all Latin originals, translations, and manuscript annotations.

View a list of all known Latin manuscripts of the four works above.

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This website is produced by Richard Matthew Pollard, département d’Histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal. Much of the content was produced with the assistance of Jean-Félix Aubé-Pronce.

Institutional affiliation and research support

This project draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Ce projet s’appuie sur des recherches financées par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada.

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