Josephus & Philo
Flavius Josephus wrote Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War in the first century AD. Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher of the same era, is read alongside the New Testament for its language and ideas.
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Does Josephus mention Jesus?
Two passages in Antiquities of the Jews refer to Jesus. Scholars debate how much of the longer one was added by later Christian copyists.