(May 3, 2021 at 4:50 am)WinterHold Wrote: Maybe Josephus was anti-Christian, or just denying the truth out of hatred for Jesus's religion.
TBH; God gave a hard strike to Judaism by sending Jesus -peace be upon him- as a prophet, so I would expect a Jewish "grudge".
Jews declined in numbers, and became a "minority" when most of them converted to Christianity, so if Josephus was smart enough he will know that Jesus is a threat to his religion.
So I expect him to use the same exact tactics of "character assassination" towards the new threat;i.e Jesus peace be upon him.
He does mention Jesus, though, in passing, some 20 years later, which proves that Josephus was aware of Jesus' existence.
