(June 15, 2012 at 4:17 am)cratehorus Wrote:(June 15, 2012 at 3:42 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I'm doing research on him and Plutarch. I believe (without the adequate evidence yet..) that Josephus ben Matthew wrote the Gospel of Matthew and maybe was involved with Mark.
Matthew is the name of Josephus' father and older brother?
Are you asking or stating but not 100% certain? Matthew is his last name. Titus Flavius Josephus in Hebrew is called Yosef ben Matityahu. Matthew is Greek for Matityahu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus
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