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Now this writer [Josephus], although not believing in Jesus as the Christ, in seeking after the cause of the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple, whereas he ought to have said that the conspiracy against Jesus was the cause of these calamities befalling the people, since they put to death Christ, who was a prophet, says ...
Only a Christian would write that Jesus is the Messiah, or that Jesus was resurrected the third day. tgeorgescu 10:37, 14 October 2022 (UTC) While I doubt that Josephus wrote anything of the sort about Jesus, it is possible that the apocryphal text replaced or embellished one of Josephus' original texts.
Josephus's works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Israel, and provide an independent extra-biblical account of such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, James, brother of Jesus, and Jesus of Nazareth.
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Notable disputed examples in the works of Josephus include Josephus' sections on John the Baptist and James the Just which is widely accepted, [4] [5] and the Testimonium Flavianum, which is widely regarded as at best damaged. [6]
The overwhelming majority of modern scholars consider the reference in Book 20, Chapter 9, 1 of the Antiquities to "the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James" to be authentic and to have the highest level of authenticity among the references of Josephus to Christianity. [4] [1] [2] [5] [6] Almost all modern scholars ...
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Look, "read the section title before deleting" at a will. And an article on "Josephus on Jesus" absolutely, utterly needs to mention Book II, Chapter 23.20 of Eusebius for that is a key reference. Now, you need to self-revert and discuss. I am getting tired of this. History2007 19:06, 24 February 2012 (UTC)