# Database Analysis Supports Authenticity of Josephus's Account of Jesus Without Scribe Alterations · Mercy Herald

> Researcher Thomas C. Schmidt mapped the first-century historian's Greek vocabulary and concluded the entire passage about Christ came from Josephus.

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A new academic study presents statistical data supporting the authenticity of the passage by Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus concerning Jesus of Nazareth. Thomas C. Schmidt, associate professor of religious studies at Fairfield University in the United States, analyzed every expression in the paragraph known as the Testimonium Flavianum and concluded that every single phrase in the paragraph can be indexed back to Josephus’s own vocabulary and style.

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The findings were published in the book "Josephus & Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ," which the researcher made available for free download. Josephus wrote his works in the first century AD. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he is one of the most significant extra-biblical sources for the New Testament period, referencing figures such as Herod the Great, Herodias, Pontius Pilate, Caiaphas, Herod Agrippa, and John the Baptist, alongside Jesus.

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