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As the above poster said, its a very mainstream view that some Josephus mentions are valid, some obviously not.
by ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
As the above poster said, its a very mainstream view that some Josephus mentions are valid, some obviously not.
- danieltillett 10y agoIt is a very complex area, but the sections that are thought to be valid don’t really say much about Jesus. Even if they did, Josephus was not contemporary with Jesus. There really are no historical records of Jesus that are contemporary. The earliest are the letters of Paul and they were written decades after Jesus lived. Paul himself says he never met Jesus (except by revelation).
- azernik 10y agoThere are very few historical figures of that period (especially ones of such little contemporary importance) that we have a lot of really-contemporary written accounts of. By comparison, we have no contemporary accounts of Socrates, a much more prominent figure, in a much more literate subculture. But yes, agreeing with you again (hello from the other thread!) from the other end - the authentic bits tell us next to nothing about this character.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoBut this got into a discussion about Jesus' historicity, not his character.