Who or What was Jesus?
Reb Ya'ar ben Emmett
English - August 20, 2021 18:14 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBJudaism Religion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jesus was a wise and virtuous man with a significant following of Jewish and non-Jewish disciples.
He was crucified under Pilate.
There were reports that he appeared to witnesses following his resurrection.
Some were claiming that he was the Messiah that the Jewish prophets had predicted.
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The Christian writer Origen cites Josephus' section on the death of James "the brother of Jesus" in Book 20 of the Antiquities; but states Josephus did not believe in Jesus, and does not cite the Testimonium Flavianum (TF) passage in Book 18.
Jewish philosopher Philo (25 BCE to 47 CE) said nothing about the life of Jesus even though he lived in Judea during the time of his life and when the writings of the Apostle Paul.
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