Christian Mysticism & Origins
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Josephus / Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus was a Jewish-Roman Historian (c. 37–100 CE) whose Antiquities of the Jews contains the Testimonium Flavianum (18.3.3) and a second reference (20.9.1) to Jesus, with the core of the Testimonium widely accepted by scholars as containing authentic material despite Christian-added interpolations. Scholars work with reconstructed core texts to distinguish original historical content from later Christian scribal additions, making careful textual analysis essential when citing this source.