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Oct 8, 2021 · What is odd is the fact that if Josephus believed that Jesus was the Christ (the messiah of Scripture), there should have been more details and references to the missions of the apostles throughout the empire. But after this passage, he went on to describe more abuses and conflicts under Roman rule.
- Rebecca Denova
The Testimonium Flavianum (meaning the testimony of Flavius Josephus) is a passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 (or see Greek text) of the Antiquities which describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities.
Oct 11, 2020 · Mythicists like to claim that the issue of the authenticity of Josephus’ account of Jesus – the so-called “Testimonium Flavianum” – is settled. They insist that the passage is a wholesale forgery, inserted by Christians.
Feb 19, 2024 · By mentioning Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who ordered Jesus’s crucifixion, and referencing the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus, the Testimonium Flavianum provides context for Jesus’s trial and execution within the political and religious landscape of first-century Judea.
- Robbie Mitchell
scripts of Flavius Josephus Antiquitates Judaicae 18.3.3 §§63-64. The pas-sage was accepted as authentic from the time it was first cited by Eusebius of Caesarea in the early fourth century until scholars began to suspect it of being a Christian interpolation in the sixteenth. Since then, debate has raged
In 1995 a discovery was published that brought important new evidence to the debate over the Testimonium Flavianum. For the first time it was pointed out that Josephus' description of Jesus showed an unusual similarity with another early description of Jesus.
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One reason why many have decided to regard it as a Christian interpolation is that Origen says that Josephus did not believe Jesus to be the Messiah nor proclaim Him as such. That Josephus was not a Christian is certain in any case.
