? Josephus earliest work was The Jewish War which dates from some time after his arrival in Rome around 71. The usual date is 75. Antiquities of the Jews is a much larger work and is generally dated to 94 AD. It is this work which contains the John the Baptist reference as well as the two so-called "jesus" references.... one of which is an obvious forgery from the 4th century and the other is probably little more than xtian wishful thinking.
Citing the gospels as having knowledge of Josephus thus means that the dates of their creation must be pushed back until sometime after 94. Lots of xtian scholars will have a shit hemorrhage rather than make such an admission.
Citing the gospels as having knowledge of Josephus thus means that the dates of their creation must be pushed back until sometime after 94. Lots of xtian scholars will have a shit hemorrhage rather than make such an admission.