Photius compares Justus to Josephus because also Josephus didn't mention Jesus

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Re: Photius compares Justus to Josephus because also Josephus didn't mention Jesus

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I find surprising the mention of Josephus immediately after the mention of Justus. The surprise is provoked by the fact that Josephus was surely not the only writer talking about the 1 Century Judaea. So Photius is probably "covering" something of embarrassing about Josephus and Jesus. Something that concerns the same embarrassing Jewish "common silence" about Jesus.
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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