Why Josephus Doesn't Prove the Historicity Of Jesus || Did Jesus Exist
4,332 views · Published 11 March 2018 · 6:25 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Godless Engineer · 2018 · Entertainment
What's up Heathens! Today we have another special clip where I tear about Josephus as a source for a historical Jesus. So I am a mythicist. It's one of my passions. I know a lot about this topic and Kyle from the Non-Sequitor podcast asked me my opinion on Josephus so I gave him this quick explanation as to why it's bad evidence. For one thing, the Testimonium Flavianium interrupts the flow of Josephus' paragraphs. Even if we were to take a simpler version that didn't compromise Josephus' own faith it would still not make sense where it is placed. The history behind the text is also very suspect as it didn't get mentioned until Eusebius of Cesarea. He is known to forge references to suit his needs. Origen would have used this passage even if it was the more Jewish version of it. We simply don't find that in history. Origen never used a version of this passage in Josephus and Eusebius got his copy of antiquities from Origen. #DidJesusExist Subscribe to The NonSequitur Show: https://goo.gl/gdpL18 Subscribe to this channel: https://goo.gl/2oZaqY Become a Patron: http://goo.gl/VRVjxK Intro by "Gonna Go For it": https://goo.gl/1Ay1Q3 FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://goo.gl/BbxhWL LIKE on Facebook: https://goo.gl/3xEibn FOLLOW on Instagram: https://goo.gl/jakMWx FOLLOW on Twitch: https://goo.gl/FhVHrG
