At 01:10 PM 3/28/2008 -0300, Helio W. wrote: >He doesn't indicate other sources, documents, etc. He just mention Jesus, >respectfully like any evangelist would do. >Probably his "citation" of Jesus is an interpolation.
Josephus was actually a fairly strong source in regards to historical facts (in areas of Jewish and Roman history). Pretty much the primary criticism of him is how he treated certain topics: it appeared he altered the "tone" of relating events to gain favor with the Romans. >Why there's no historical evidence, from different sources, of Jesus' life >at the time he was persecuted and killed? All there is what was written >60-70 years later, suspiciously from the same time when Paul started his >preaching - biblical sources. There are extra-Biblical sources. I previously mentioned a few. Paul did not start 60-70 years later. He started his teaching/travelling just a few years after Jesus's death (which was 30AD). Paul's letters were mainly to churches he helped establish earlier on. So, naturally, those would be maybe a decade or more after he first started. I think the earliest manuscript of Paul's writings is from around 45-50 AD. And some of the copies of other letters are dated back to 60-70 (so the originals of those were written earlier). Another reason given as to why it took even 20 years for the apostles to begin writing is this: most of them were thinking Christ's return was imminent - as in tomorrow (not the first time they've been a little off). So they didn't feel they had to write it down (they were pretty busy travelling and spreading the Gospel). And there wasn't really any external pressure to have it written because, just like to day, an eyewitness is the best and most reliable source of information. >On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why is Josephus pathetically weak? Explain please. > > > > v/r _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
