Josephus, Our Primary Source The writings of this first-century Jewish historian are critical for reconstructing the world of Judaism into which Jesus was born.

Opinion: Jewish historian Flavius Josephus is the only independent source to attest to the existence and fate of Jesus, John the Baptist and James.

Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian who was in Jerusalem at the time when James was killed in the early 60s, refers to James as “the brother of the so-called Messiah,” i.e., Jesus.

Okay, neither Josephus nor the author of his biography, A Jew Among Romans, was/is a painter, poet, or critic like the Pre-Raphaelites of the 19th century.So I’ve cheated a little in giving this ...

Josephus wrote Jewish Antiquities in 94-95 and twice notes Jesus of Nazareth. There are a couple interpolations in the text, but that he discusses Jesus before the end of the first century is not ...

The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus provides details about Herod's death, which occurred shortly after a lunar eclipse. Based on astronomical data, scholars identify four possible dates for this ...

This biblical villain’s tomb was lost for centuries. King Herod’s mausoleum, which long eluded archaeologists, sheds light on the ruler’s turbulent reign—and its effect on Jesus’s early ...

Did a man called Jesus of Nazareth walk the earth? Discussions over whether the figure known as the “Historical Jesus” actually existed primarily reflect disagreements among atheists ...

And none of the references to Jesus in Josephus or any other near contemporary non-Christian text has been accepted by all scholars without its meaning or authenticity coming under scrutiny.