Back in 1981 I spent a week in the Macedonia area just north of Greece. I first visited the palace of King Philip of ancient Macedonia. King Philip was the father of Alexander the Great. He rivaled the City of Athens for power in the days of the great philosophers of Greece around 400-300 BCE.…

Josephus (37-100 CE) was an aristocratic Jew who served both as a priest in Jerusalem and as a commander of Jewish forces in Galilee during the Jewish revolt against Rome in 66 CE. Having been captured by the Romans he spent the rest of his life under the patronage of the Roman Emperors while writing…