The passage in Antiwuities that mentions Jesus was stuck in there 250 eyars later. Schoalrs who are not committed Fundamentalists conclude that it's bogus.
Here's why:
1) It's stylistically different from the rest of the text.
2) Remove it, and it reads smoothly.
3) No early Christian cites Josephus, as they would if it mentioned Jesus.
4) Origen (185-254) wrote that there's no mention of Jesus in Josephus, AND that he never believed in any Messiah.
5) Interesting how in his book there are a lot of gys named "jesus"-- all in the Hebrew form, Yeshua. EXCEPT in the interpolated text, in which his name is oddly given in its erroneous Greek form, Jesus.
6) In Jewish War, Josephus expresses contempt for all messianic agitators, blaming them for the nation's ruin.
7) He also claims that Vespasian fulfilled all the Messianic prophecies. So how likely is it that he'd gush about Jesus?
2006-09-02
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