For those more astute than I, meaning most, the "text" by Josephus is not believed to be authentic because of the declaration by "Josephus" for Christ to be the Christ. It's based on a more contemporary citation by Origen, who as a Christian would have cited if it had been extant at the time. And Josephus may have referred to Christ in his reference to the death of James. From what I remember, Eusebius is believed by some at least to have been the author of the Christ passages within Josephus. Naturally, my summary distill very complex analyses of word analysis and style evaluation, as well as a comparison of Eusebius's style.
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