Reply #242: A small addition [View All]

[Imperialism Inc.]

A question raised by Earl Doherty author of The Jesus Puzzle I think is interesting and has bearing on the matter.

"If Josephus knew of, and referred to James as 'the brother of Jesus, him called the Christ', why does he not refer to James in regard to his membership in any Christian sect, let alone his leadership of it? If James was the head of a Jerusalem church which had spread its tentacles far and wide across the empire (a la Acts), including right into Rome where Josephus lived and worked, would such an organization, such a success story, have been ignored by him? "

Would he indeed? Would he refer to him simply as a "law breaker" and fail to mention he heads a highly successful church? And just how is the reader to know who this "Christ" is? The only place sucha person is mentioned is in the other , thoroughly discredited, passage.