By: Sean Rice This post is taken from Bart Ehrman's recently-published book Did Jesus Exist? It has to do with an important piece of evidence for the existence and life of Jesus of Nazareth, the central divine figure of the Christian faith. The layout of Ehrman's arguments has been changed to fit SFAC blog format, but all of the words (besides headings) are original to the well-known atheist/agnostic Bible scholar Bart Ehrman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO WAS JOSEPHUS AND WHY IS HE IMPORTANT? "Flavius Josephus is one of the truly important figures from ancient Judaism. His abundant historical writings are our primary source of information about the life and history of Palestine in the first century. He himself was personally involved with some of the most important events that he narrates, especially in his eight-volume work, The Jewish Wars . Josephus was born to an aristocratic family in Palestine...
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