Written Account of Jesus Rising From the Dead Identified in 2,000-Year-Old Manuscript, Study Suggests
- Jesús Fernández-Pedrera Correa reexamined the Testimonium Flavianum, a passage about Jesus that Flavius Josephus wrote in Jewish Antiquities around AD 93–94.
- He compared Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Syriac versions to identify wording that may have changed through later Christian copying.
- The Arabic version says that Jesus’ disciples reported that he appeared to them alive, suggesting that Josephus may have recorded their claim rather than confirmed the Resurrection.
- Fernández-Pedrera Correa argues that the phrase “was the Christ” was likely altered, while the surviving texts cannot establish exactly what Josephus originally wrote.
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2,000-Year-Old Account of Jesus Rising From the Dead Sparks Fresh Investigation
An ancient account describing Jesus Christ appearing alive three days after his crucifixion has returned to the centre of historical research, raising questions about one of the earliest surviving references to the resurrection outside the Bible. The account was attributed to Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian writing nearly 2,000 years ago, and describes Jesus being […]
Did Jesus Appear Alive After His Crucifixion? New Study Examines 2,000-Year-Old Text by Jewish Historian Josephus for Early Resurrection Claims
A researcher has compared Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac versions of a disputed passage by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, arguing that it may preserve an early report of Jesus appearing alive after his crucifixion. The analysis raises fresh questions about later Christian additions to the text, but does not establish what Josephus originally wrote.
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