Josephus

Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Mattityahu; ) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed Hasmonean royal ancestry.

mentions of Jesus of Nazareth in the writings of 1st-century historian Flavius Josephus

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Osarseph or Osarsiph () is a legendary figure of Ancient Egypt who has been equated with Moses. According to Josephus, the 1st century CE Jewish polemicist, the story of Osarseph was recounted by the Ptolemaic Egyptian priest Manetho in his Aegyptiaca (first half of the 3rd century BC). Manetho's work is lost, but Josephus relates extensively from what he maintains are epitomes of the original.