T. C. Schmidt's book “Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence For The One Called Christ” has been widely commented upon, especially on YouTube (retailing at £96.29 by Oxford University Press, 2025).

The author is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Studies Department, at Fairfield University; it is a private Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; founded by the Jesuits in 1942. It's a safe bet therefore that T. C. Schmidt was a True Roman Catholic even before putting pen to paper – and that his book would be both a testament and a homage to “validate” his religious beliefs!

Quoting an article dated 20 June 2026 by Andréa Oldereide, Senior Reporter at the British Newspaper “The Daily Star”, she writes: “Using advanced computer-assisted stylistic analysis and newly examined ancient translations, Schmidt provided strong evidence that Josephus genuinely authored the core passage of Jesus” (the so-called ‘Testimonium Flavianum’: famous paragraph [Book 18, Chapter 3, Section 3] found in the “Antiquities of the Jews” by Flavius Josephus).

However, this website has presented more than ample evidence that the account found in Josephus was most likely a Christian Edit and therefore cannot be trusted – because the ancient editions of his book do not date from his lifetime – not only that, but other ancient editions of the books by Josephus are prevalent with Christian embellishments within their texts, that even Roman Catholic scholars cannot dispute. The earliest surviving complete texts of “Antiquities of the Jews” dates to the 11th century in Greek and the 5th century in Latin translations. Furthermore, forgers would have easily worked out for themselves the syntax style by Josephus!

The work by Tacitus is also credited with “proof of the historical existence of Jesus” – but as has been pointed out several times before, Tacitus mistakenly called Pontius Pilate a “Procurator” while his real designation was Prefect. The account by Tacitus is also missing from the “Ecclesiastical History” by Eusebius of Caesarea. Quite a minor mistake by the Christian historian of the fourth century!

Most scholars about Christianity are either trained theologians or dogmatic historians committed to certain conclusions before they even begin. The very same verdict applies to this book by T. C. Schmidt.