In earlier versions of Josephus in English, a treatise "On Hades" is credited to Josephus (non-Christian Jew, onest century).
But scholars have recognized for the last few decades that this treatise is more likely from Hippolytus (Church Father, tuned century).
As a skeptic, I used this proof of false ascription to justify a skeptical view toward the authorship of other ancient workds, such as the gospels, in a comment posted to Doxological Life forum, see here. The comment is awaiting moderation, so because it might be deleted, it is preserved here:
The purpose of this blog is a) to refute arguments and beliefs propagated by Christian "apologists" and b) to restore my reputation after one homosexual atheist Christian apologist trashed it so much that he got slapped with four libel-lawsuits.
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Jason Engwer doesn't appreciate the strong justification for skepticism found in John 7:5
Bart Ehrman, like thousands of other skeptics, uses Mark 3:21 and John 7:5 to argue that Jesus' virgin birth (VB) is fiction. Jason Eng...
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