Philosopher Philo (20 BC-AD 50) recorded little about his own life in his many works, but Hadas-Lebel (emeritus, Judaism and Hebrew, The Sorbonne) combines his few autobiographical references with the
An account of Rome's campaign against Judea--through the eyes of the Jewish priest, general, Roman captive, and historian--narrates the key first-century events in Judeo-Christian culture.