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Josephus trained as a Priest in the Second Temple, and probably knew Ananus, Caiaphas, and the whole bunch- though he was a generation or two younger. And he wrote about Jewish history. How does that NOT make him a Jewish historian? But give Erdman credit. He gets paid. How much money has Jenny McCa...

By the term "the Josephan writer" do you mean Flavius Josephus? Is this a backhanded way of suggesting that his works were authored by someone else, or maybe by a group of people? Ananus and his son were likely killed in A.D. 69, before the final siege of Jerusalem was begun by the Romans,...

Sidon was the capitol of Phoenicia, now called Saida. It was a major city in ancient times- on the Mediterranean Sea- twenty miles north of Tyre.

"In my opinion, the Gospel of Thomas (40-60 C.E.) significantly predates the much more advanced NT gospels (circa 140-200)."

OUCH!

I stopped reading at that point....

Not to seem obvious, why don't you read the passages in Josephus instead of relying on Wiki? Nobody, including Schurer or even Joe Cephus, gives a continuous chronological narrative, so it has to be pieced together from isolated passages in War and Ant. I need a framework to work from. DCH Too much...

"first rate sources" - sounds like confirmation bias more than an objective statement. steve43 wrote:Several characters are common to the New Testament and the secular works, and so a time line can be created. Which ones? in what way? It is widely agreed the references to Jesus in Antiquit...

Have you ever been to one of those Westar Seminars?

They're goofy as hell.

I have recommended Hagan's work, which Helen bought and derided for its "simplistic" reliance on the inherent truth of the works of Josephus. But therein she labels herself as someone who has an agenda- one that obviously is not supported by Josephus. For the serious historian, or someone ...

Not to seem obvious, why don't you read the passages in Josephus instead of relying on Wiki?

"That you say you have been doing this for 9 years - then, Charles you have a long way to go. I've been doing it for 30 years - and still have not got all my ducks in a row...Methinks, you need to slow down a bit and retrace your steps before you can move forward with this..." The source m...