Steve Mason has written a lengthy review article discussing T.C. Schmidt’s recent study, “Josephus & Jesus”, in the February issue of ITQ. It’s available in Open Access here:
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#HistoricalJesus #Josephus #TestimoniumFlavianum

Public Zoom on Josephus and Bayes • Richard Carrier Blogs This Saturday I’ll be giving a free public lecture online:  “Josephus on Jesus: How Likely Fake? A Bayesian Tutorial in Historical Reasoning.” I’ll analyze the two passages in Josephus supposedly ment...

This Saturday I'll be lecturing on the #authenticity of the major & minor #testimoniumflavianum in #Josephus using #bayesian methods of #history as #BayesTheorem elucidates why attempts to defend these passage are illogical. Public Zoom w Q&A.

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Exposing T.C. Schmidt's Oxford Apologetics for the Testimonia Flaviana • Richard Carrier Blogs There is a new book published by Oxford University Press that is a travesty of Christian apologetics undeservedly snaking the respectability of, well, Oxford University: T.C. Schmidt’s Josephus and Je...

An exposé of the dubious #apologetics in T.C. Schmidt's book claiming the #TestimoniumFlavianum in #Josephus is authentic as written & proves extensive first-hand sources on the historical #Jesus -- spoiler: it's all bullshit. #history #christianity

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