Aesthetica wrote:
Yeah well, all I can say is that the people who think Josephus spoke kindly of a messiah who worked miracles in his original latin and aramaic versions of his book have either never read any of his stuff except the jesus quote, or are trying to pull a fast one...
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You know, it's a little... Questionable...
Oh yeah, all Josephus can really be used for is to say, "There was a guy named Jesus (or indeed, any of the other translations), and people thought he was the Messiah and followed him." Maybe also, "And they killed him."
EDIT: snipped some of your post, as it was long, especially compared to my answer.