Regarding the questions posed at the beginning of the essay, the teachings and examples set by the Essene community had a ...

And this is the Church: The Lord feeds his people, but he does so through others. On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, we ...

Flavius Josephus, who lived until 98 A.D., was a romanized Jewish historian. ... Now these ancient secular writings do not prove that Jesus is the Son of God or even the Christ, ...

This week, we continue to look at his writings. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus mentions Jesus in a work dated AD 93 titled Antiquities of the Jews. This passage, known as the Testimonium ...

However, twice in Origen’s writings, he states that Josephus did not believe that Jesus was Christ. According to E. M. Blaiklock, “Josephus probably wrote the ‘the so-called Messiah’ as he did in the ...

From Josephus, we have further evidence that when we read the Bible, we can trust the historical accuracy of the text. Not only have the original writers and believers throughout the centuries ...

As more time passed, other works of ancient Christian literature shifted accountability from Pilate to Jews. The experiences of Jesus’ early followers help explain this shift.

While we cannot turn to any eye-witness contemporary detailing the events of Jesus’ life or even of his last days in Jerusalem, we have the later writings of Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus.

Yet, when the Gospels were composed a generation after the crucifixion, they portrayed Pilate as convinced of Jesus’ innocence. As more time passed, other works of ancient Christian literature shifted ...

Jesus would have fit in that category, but neither Philo nor Josephus provides examples of Pilate killing people after acquitting them. Growing divide Why, then, did Pilate have Jesus crucified?

The Jewish writer Josephus, who was born around the time Jesus died, is also explicit about the Romans use of nails in crucifixion, García said. He emphasizes the horror of death on the cross.

Yet, when the Gospels were composed a generation after the crucifixion, they portrayed Pilate as convinced of Jesus’ innocence. As more time passed, other works of ancient Christian literature shifted ...