Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00075)

In a message dated 4/6/99 11:48:24 AM, you wrote:

<<I thought Josephus mentioned him [Jesus Christ] a once or twice.>>

Scholars have pretty much unanimously agreed that those additions are late 
forgeries.  The way Josephus casually mentions him as "the messiah" is pretty 
suspect.  Joesphus never discusses his teachings, etc., just as you say, 
mentioned him.  For a historian like Josephus, that is really out of 
character.  This is the historian who gives us all kinds of information on 
the Essenes, and then just throws in a word about the messiah.  Not likely.  
That's why it's discounted.

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