Ancient times.

Originally posted by @sonship
New Testament persons who were confirmed to have lived by Non-Christian Sources and/or Confirmed Through Archeology
( not an exhaustive list )

From [b] I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist by Frank Turek Phd.


Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-24) confimred by Philo, Josephus
Agrippa II (Acts 25:13-26,32) confirmed by coins, Jos ...[text shortened]... sar (Luke 3:1) confirmed by [b] Tacitus, Suetonius, Paterculus, Dio Cassius, Josephus [/b]

Psst, there's a bit of a Josephus theme going on.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Psst, there's a bit of a Josephus theme going on.

He was a respected ancient Jewish historian. Look him up.

He was considered somewhat of a "Tory" ie. throwing his hat in with the conquerors, the despised Roman Empire.

Originally posted by @sonship
He was a respected ancient Jewish historian. Look him up.

He was considered somewhat of a "Tory" ie. throwing his hat in with the conquerors, the despised Roman Empire.

The historian E. Mary Smallwood writes:

'Josephus was conceited, not only about his own learning, but also about the opinions held of him as commander both by the Galileans and by the Romans; he was guilty of shocking duplicity at Jotapata, saving himself by sacrifice of his companions; he was too naive to see how he stood condemned out of his own mouth for his conduct, and yet no words were too harsh when he was blackening his opponents; and after landing, however involuntarily, in the Roman camp, he turned his captivity to his own advantage, and benefited for the rest of his days from his change of side.'

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The historian E. Mary Smallwood writes:

'Josephus was conceited, not only about his own learning, but also about the opinions held of him as commander both by the Galileans and by the Romans; he was guilty of shocking duplicity at Jotapata, saving himself by sacrifice of his companions; he was too naive to see how he stood condemned out of his ow ...[text shortened]... ity to his own advantage, and benefited for the rest of his days from his change of side.'

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An opportunist, if ever there was one.

Originally posted by @sonship
Could someone construct a similar table concerning the mythology of [b]Osiris or Horus.
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Why should anyone bother to?