Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Gavin Ortlund and Tom Schmidt discuss historical evidence for Jesus in Josephus, particularly the Testimonium Flavianum.

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00:00 Coming Up
00:19 Introducing Tom's Book
02:52 Josephus' Testimony About Christ
25:02 Josephus' Relationship to the Sanhedrin
40:38 Josephus and the New Testament
51:51 Implications for Worldview