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Flavius Josephus (c. A.D. 37 – 100) was a Jew and a Roman citizen who worked under the patronage of the Flavian dynasty.  Josephus is unusual in that, while he was Jewish, he was loyal to the Roman political powers.  In A. D. 93 he wrote his ''Antiquities of the Jews'', a work recording the history of the Jews.  In it, Jesus is mentioned twice.  The second mentioning is the shorter, and will be discussed first.  It is a completely disinterested comment made in passing, where, when talking about James, Josephus specifics which James he means by identifying his subject as James "the brother [or kinsman] of Jesus, who was called Christ".<ref>Josephus ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/ant-20.htm Antiquities 20:9.1]''</ref> Scholars have found little or no reason to doubt the authenticity of this passage and have, by and large, accepted it as genuine.<ref>Louis H. Feldman, "Josephus" Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 3, pp. 990–91</ref>  

[[Josephus|Flavius Josephus]] (c. A.D. 37 – 100) was a Jew and a Roman citizen who worked under the patronage of the Flavian dynasty.  Josephus is unusual in that, while he was Jewish, he was loyal to the Roman political powers.  In A. D. 93 he wrote his ''Antiquities of the Jews'', a work recording the history of the Jews.  In it, Jesus is mentioned twice.  The second mentioning is the shorter, and will be discussed first.  It is a completely disinterested comment made in passing, where, when talking about James, Josephus specifics which James he means by identifying his subject as James "the brother [or kinsman] of Jesus, who was called Christ".<ref>Josephus ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/ant-20.htm Antiquities 20:9.1]''</ref> Scholars have found little or no reason to doubt the authenticity of this passage and have, by and large, accepted it as genuine.<ref>Louis H. Feldman, "Josephus" Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 3, pp. 990–91</ref>  

More notably, an earlier mention of Jesus is made in a passage that has come to be called the in the ''Testimonium Flavianum'':

More notably, an earlier mention of Jesus is made in a passage that has come to be called the in the ''Testimonium Flavianum'':