65 Josephus and Jesus (Guest: Dr. Thomas Schmidt)

About this episode

Dr. Thomas Schmidt discusses the historical writings of Josephus regarding Jesus and his new book on the subject.

The first century historian Josephus writes a paragraph about Jesus known as the Testimonium Flavianum. New Testament scholar, Dr. Thomas Schmidt, has researched this particular passage, and also researched the life of Josephus, and joins Henry to talk all about it and his new book "Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ" JosepusAndJesus.com Dr. Schmidt on Digging for Truth TV TCSchmidt.com

People in this episode

Host: Henry

Guest: Dr. Thomas Schmidt

Topics covered

• Josephus
• Jesus
• Testimonium Flavianum
• New Testament scholarship
• historical evidence
• Christianity

Keywords

• Josephus
• Jesus
• Testimonium Flavianum
• historian
• New Testament
• scholar
• Christianity
• evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JosepusAndJesus.com, TCSchmidt.com

Books & works: Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ

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