This author wrote a defense of classical religion which debunked claims of Manetho and the title Egyptian writer in his "Against Apion." This author was influenced by the Universal History of Nicolas of Damascus, and one of this author's works is a twenty-one book historiography written for wealthy patrons. This author wrote another work in Aramaic which features events such as the siege of (*) Masada. The author of The Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War, for 10 points, identify this Greek who wrote in Hebrew, the primary classical Jewish historian.
This author wrote a defense of classical religion which debunked claims of Manetho and the title Egyptian writer in his "Against Apion." This author was influenced by the Universal History of Nicolas of Damascus, and one of this author's works is a twenty-one book historiography written for wealthy patrons. This author wrote another work in Aramaic which features events such as the siege of (*) Masada. The author of The Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War, for 10 points, identify this Greek who wrote in Hebrew, the primary classical Jewish historian.
This author wrote a defense of classical religion which debunked claims of Manetho and the title Egyptian writer in his "Against Apion.
Flavius Josephus [accept Yosef Ben Matityahu]