Josephus continued his thoughts on Jesus after the Testimonium passage. He speaks of Jesus as dying for the world but as an impostor. He alleges Paul reallocated political power and funds from Temple Judaism to Gentile Christianity. Jesus closes the age of Temple Judaism in a way not obvious in the New Testament or in The Koran. Many references have been made from the statements of Jesus to scriptures in the Hebrew Bible. When this is done for interpreting Jesus death as atonement and for the Last Supper, we discover how agonizing it was for first century Jews (Josephus included) to rethink God and Salvation. The question to New Testament critics is: Did Jesus, circa 33 C.E. really instruct remembrance of him via bread and wine metaphor?
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