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Josephus and the New Testament

Josephus and the New Testament JOSEPHUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT BY H. W. MONTEFIORE The object of this article is to point out similarities between some important events recorded in the canonical Gospels and Acts on the one hand, and a series of prodigies recorded by Josephus in his Jewish War on the other hand, and to suggest a possible connection between them. The paucity of references to Gospel events in contemporary or near-contemporary non-Christian literature is well known. Apart from brief allusions in Tacitus 1), Suetonius 2), and some contested passages in Josephus' writings 3), there is almost nothing else 4). The Talmud contains some excerpts about Jesus, but these are scant and for the most part late and worthless 5). Apart from their 1) Annals, XV, 44. 2) Claudius, 25. Suetonius is here referring to the influence of the risen Christ. 3) Antiquities, 18, 3, 3. Cf. also the relevant passages in the Slavonic version of Josephus, translated by H. St. J. THACKERAY in Josephus (London, 1928), Vol. III, pp. 635-58. 4) For the relevant texts, cf. C. R. HAINES, Heathen Contact with Christianity during the first century and a half, (Cambridge, 1923) ; to which may be added the letter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Novum Testamentum Brill

Josephus and the New Testament

Montefiore, H.W.
Novum Testamentum , Volume 4 (2): 139 – Jan 1, 1960
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© 1960 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0048-1009
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JOSEPHUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT BY H. W. MONTEFIORE The object of this article is to point out similarities between some important events recorded in the canonical Gospels and Acts on the one hand, and a series of prodigies recorded by Josephus in his Jewish War on the other hand, and to suggest a possible connection between them. The paucity of references to Gospel events in contemporary or near-contemporary non-Christian literature is well known. Apart from brief allusions in Tacitus 1), Suetonius 2), and some contested passages in Josephus' writings 3), there is almost nothing else 4). The Talmud contains some excerpts about Jesus, but these are scant and for the most part late and worthless 5). Apart from their 1) Annals, XV, 44. 2) Claudius, 25. Suetonius is here referring to the influence of the risen Christ. 3) Antiquities, 18, 3, 3. Cf. also the relevant passages in the Slavonic version of Josephus, translated by H. St. J. THACKERAY in Josephus (London, 1928), Vol. III, pp. 635-58. 4) For the relevant texts, cf. C. R. HAINES, Heathen Contact with Christianity during the first century and a half, (Cambridge, 1923) ; to which may be added the letter

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Published: Jan 1, 1960

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