Josephus certainly never uses the terms "the redeemed brother of Jesus called Christ, whose name was James". The 'redeemed' part has simply been inferred by you. I would presume Josephus chose to use the wording "the brother of Jesus called Christ, whose name was James" either because a.) Jesus was a better known figure than James, or b.) James was put on trial because he was known as the brother of someone that people believed to be the Christ.Trees of Life wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:21 pm Historiographical Approach:
Neither Jesus brother of James or James brother of Jesus were archived by Josephus specifically in those terms of identification, in relation to 1. Jesus brother of James.
Your inverse of Jesus brother of James being James brother of Jesus, was purposely not written by Josephus at Antiquities 20.200, because James brother of Jesus would describe a redeemed brother of Jesus.
Josephus never uses the term "so-called brother" when referring to Jesus' relation to James. He does, however, use the term "called" (or "so-called" in some translations) when he refers to Jesus called Christ.Trees of Life wrote:Antiquities 20.200 'the brother of Jesus called Christ, whose name was James' is Josephus describing a so-called brother, when used in relation to James, the bishop of Jerusalem.
I agree with that. It seems (but correct me if I'm wrong) that your issue is with my rewording the passage to identify Jesus by his relation to James (indirectly making James appear to be the more important figure), instead of identifying James by his relation to Jesus (indirectly making Jesus appear to be the more important figure).Trees of Life wrote:That is, James being known as the brother of the personage Jesus.
Yes, I said that Jesus was the brother of James - when, actually, Josephus' precise words were "the brother of Jesus called Christ, whose name was James" - but I disagree that there is any big issue here. The only issue would be that of status - in other words, which of the two (James or Jesus) was the more renowned figure? Josephus' wording strongly indicates that Jesus was.
When I listed "1) Jesus, the brother of James", it was not meant to indicate that James was a more renowned personage than Jesus. It was simply meant to be read at face value.