Whether the Testimonium Flavianumin (Josephus’ description of Jesus in Antiquities) was entirely a Christian insert or the section was just edited by Christians is debated, however there’s consensus that Josephus’ reference to “he brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James” in Antiquities is authentic.
And you think that a guy basing his stories on third or fourth hand accounts of believers decades after the fact is… credible evidence a guy existed?
Particularly given that his source was probably the gospels of mark and Mathew, and maybe Luke- and none of those are particularly credible- for one thing they’re not eyewitness accounts, and for another, anonymous.
Whether the Testimonium Flavianumin (Josephus’ description of Jesus in Antiquities) was entirely a Christian insert or the section was just edited by Christians is debated, however there’s consensus that Josephus’ reference to “he brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James” in Antiquities is authentic.
And you think that a guy basing his stories on third or fourth hand accounts of believers decades after the fact is… credible evidence a guy existed?
Particularly given that his source was probably the gospels of mark and Mathew, and maybe Luke- and none of those are particularly credible- for one thing they’re not eyewitness accounts, and for another, anonymous.