RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 7, 2015 at 9:40 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2015 at 9:41 pm by watchamadoodle.)
Can somebody explain the difference between "christ" and "messiah" in the Josephus quotes? Historians believe Josephus would not have used the word "messiah", but he could have used the word "christ". I looked up the definitions and they seem very similar.
Quote:Some argue that the wording in the Testimonium differs from Josephus' usual writing style and that as a Jew, he would not have used a word like "Messiah".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_on_Jesus