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Thanks for replying, Guiseppe. Your list shows parallels between the NT Messianic Jesus and the Jesus Bar Saphat in Josephus, whereas I am thinking of a list that includes more figures in Josephus like Jesus Son of Ananus who predicted Jerusalem's doom.

I obviously have no idea which list you might be referring to, but here are three that might help, at least: http://www.josephus.org/ntparallels.htm https://bible.org/article/josephus%E2%80%99-writings-and-their-relation-new-testament https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricOrMythicJesus/comments/aucksd/a...

gryan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:41 pm Re: the case of Mark Hofmann and the mind of a master religious document forger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hofmann

Yes, I saw that documentary a few days ago and it reminded me a lot of "Secret Mark."

With Secret Mark, the problem is that the coincidences pile up enough to show that it's a forgery when you understand that circumstantial evidence can prove forgery by a preponderance of circumstantial evidence. It's not a case of proving forgery beyond a reasonable doubt. We don't need M. Smith to ...

I remember reading a chart of parallels between Josephus' stories and Christian ones. The parallels between these Jesuses and the Simon would seem to be the kind that would go on the chart. Unfortunately I can't find it any more. Have you seen something like it?

Re: Secret Gospel of Mark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Gospel_of_Mark The jury is still out on this one. If anyone had what it would take to create such a forgery, it would have been Morton Smith! What are the odds that he, of all people, would be the one to find an authentic one-of-a-kind ...

Lena Einhorn discusses this topic on her website and she does have a little graph, but it's not the kind of long list that I am thinking of.
She has for instance:

https://lenaeinhorn.se/jesus-and-the-egyptian-prophet/

This blog points out parallels, but it's not a very long list like I am thinking of: https://drjbratti.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/christianity-an-invention-by-romans-part-5-the-new-testament-christian-bible-is-a-parallel-of-titus-flavius-military-campaign-in-judea/ The Post Flaviana forum has threads ...

maryhelena posted a table here comparing Jesus to kingly depictions in Josephus: HISTORY and Coins | Philo (died about 50 c.e.) Flaccus | JOSEPHUS: War (about 75 c.e.)Antiquities:(about 94 c.e.) | The composite gospel Jesus figure based upon the historical figures of the last King and High Priest of...

The Caesar's Messiah website has: I present the following list showing the parallels between the ends of Jesus’ ministry and Titus’ campaign: 1) Characters are named Simon and John 2) Both sets of characters are judged 3) Both sides of the parallel occur at the conclusion of a ‘campaign’ 4) Jesus pr...