re albert sabin in article r ruinnmle ctron news ctron com king ctron com john e king writes rfox charlie usd edu writes discussion on josephus inserts thanks am i correct then in assuming that that josephus did in fact write about jesus but christian copists embellished it jack that is indeed the present consensus contrary to what dr fox has been saying however present consensus is not that the longer passage in josephus about jesus was inserted but only that it was modified there is no question that it was at least modified based on what origen says that josephus did not recognize jesus as the messiah but i don t think the argument that it appears out of context is a very good one i haven t looked at the context for a while perhaps somebody could give some of the sentences which precede and follow the jesus passage jim lippard lippard ccit arizona edu dept of philosophy lippard arizvms bitnet university of arizona tucson az
