most scholars consider this text to be authentic. moreover, in comparison with hegesippus' account of james' death, most scholars consider josephus' to be the more historically reliable. however, a few scholars still question the authenticity of the reference, based on various arguments, but primarily based on the observation that various details in "the jewish war" differ from it. l. michael white considers the account to be spurious on the grounds that no parallel account exists in the "antiquities of the jews".