Who was Flavius Josephus and what did he write about Jesus?

Answer 1

He wrote extensively about events that affected the Jews. Here is what _he_ wrote about Jesus: " "

Most scholars agree that the passage in his Antiquities was inserted, due to language he didn't use anywhere else in any of his writings, and references that were not used by even the early church.

Answer 2

He was a jew, born a few years after Jesus died, he supposedly wrote a bit about christianity, but he mostly wrote about jewish civil wars. If he knew about Jesus and christians, it seems he wasn't very impressed with what he heard, since he stayed a jew.

And what steel6in2k is true, a lot of historians claim the style use to describe christians do not fit the overall Josephus style. And well, after the "Donation of Constantine" falsification, would you say they didn't do it with other documents?

Answer 3

He was a Jewish Historian who wrote a major work called The History Of The Jewish people. In this work he mentions Jesus as having existed.

Answer 4

quantrill37 is correct. But before you get all giddy, keep in mind that:
1. Josephus also wrote about flying dragons and the like.
2. What he wrote was later so heavily edited we have no clue what was actually there in the first place.

Answer 5

He was a Jewish historian who wrote a bit about Jesus proving that he was in fact a person and not just made up.

Answer 6

He was a historian shortly after the death of Jesus. He wrote a little blurb about him. He wrote far more about Appolonius.

Answer 7

He was a historian that wrote about the Christian life