4. Eusebius, History of the Church, trans. G.A. Williamson, rev. ed. Andrew Louth, ed., 1989, Penguin Classics, Book III, 16, 18.
5. Eusebius, History of the Church, ante, Book III, 19
6. Cardinal Annibal Albani, T. Flavii Clementis Viri Consularis et Martyris Tumulus illustrates, 1727, Urbino.
7. Suetonius, Domitian, 14. NOTE: Christian tradition regarding the martyrdom of St. Clement of Rome is especially specious because the same account of his death also claims that the sea receded three miles to reveal the saint’s body buried by angelic forces in a marble mausoleum. Part of this myth appears to be an attempt to explain why the remains of this officially dishonored martyr should have been housed in such a glorious fashion.
8. Philippians 4:2
9. Suetonius, Domitian, 11
10. 1 Clement, Chapter 1
11. 1 Clement, Chapter 14, emphasis added.
12. 1 Clement, Chapter 32
13. 1 Clement, Chapter 47, emphasis added.
14. 1 Clement, Chapter 25
15. 1 Clement, Chapter 55
16. 1 Clement, Chapter 37
17. 1 Clement, Chapter 57
18. 1 Clement, Chapter 46
19. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyraeans, trans, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, in Roberts, Donaldson and Coxe, edits., Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, 1885, Buffalo, New York: Christian Literature Pub. Co.
20. Acts 20:17-28
21. Matthew 16:18-19
22. NOTE: The reader is again directed to Robert Eisenman’s pioneering work where some of the following arguments were first presented in a different form, especially, James the Brother of Jesus, ante, especially, pp. 788-801.
23. Suetonius, Titus, 7
24 Josephus, Antiquities, Book IX, chapter 5, sec. 1
25. Suetonius, Vespasian, 3
26. Levick, ante, pp. 28-29
27. Hillar, Marian, From Logos to Trinity: the Evolution of Religious Beliefs from Pythagoras to Tertullian, 2012, New York: Cambridge University Press.
28. John 1:1-5
29. Suetonius, Vespasian, 1
30. Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus, ante, pp. 793-801, and “Paul's 'Comrade-in-Arms' Epaphroditus and the First Gospels,” 9-04-2013, Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-eisenman/pauls-comradeinarms-epaph_b_3862879.html.
31. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, chapter 7, sec. 1-3
32. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, chapter 7, sec. 2
33. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, chapter 7, sec. 3
34. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, chapter 5, sec. 2
35. Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus, ante, pp. 797
36. Josephus, Life of Flavius Josephus, hereafter, “Life,” in The Complete Works of Josephus, trans. William Whiston, 1960, Kregel, sec. 23.
37. Galatians 2:3
38. Galatians 2:12
39. Josephus, Wars, Book II, chapter 8, sec. 10.
40. Operation Messiah, ante.
41. Acts 23:31-24:9
42. Acts 24:23
43. Acts 24:24-27, emphasis added.
44. Acts 25:1-3, emphasis added.
45. Acts 25:9
46. Acts 25:12
47. Acts 25:13- 27, emphasis added.
48. Acts 26:2-30, emphasis added.
49. Acts 26:24
50. Acts 26:25-32, emphasis added.
51. Acts 10, emphasis added.
52. Acts 10:45, emphasis added.
53. Galatians 2:11-13; NOTE: Acts places Peter’s vision well before its account of the Council of Jerusalem, while the letter to the Galatians makes clear that Paul’s confrontation with the Jewish-Christians happened after this event.
54. NOTE: Recall that Paul told the Galatians about his meeting with James and the early Christian leaders in Jerusalem, an event that is referred to as the “Council of Jerusalem.” Acts’ account of this “council” also features Peter’s mystical vision, and for that reason is probably not reliable. The only reliable aspect of that chapter of Acts is its account of a falling out between Paul and “Barnabas” (Acts 15:36-40), something that might be embarrassing to later Christians and is therefore unlikely to have been added later.
55. Acts 9:23
56. Acts 9:24
57. Acts 9:29-31
58. Acts 13:44
59. Acts 13:50
60. Acts 14:19
61. Acts 15:30-16:12
62. Acts 16:20-21, emphasis added.
63. Acts 16:26
64. Acts 16:27-34
65. Acts 16:35-36
66. Acts 16:37-40, emphasis added.
67. Hellerman, Joseph H., Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi, 2005, Cambridge University Press, p. 80, emphasis added.
68. Philippians 4:18, 2:25, 4:3, and 4:22
69. Acts 17 and 18
70. Acts 18:2 and Suetonius, Claudius, 25
71. Acts 18:12-16, emphasis added.
72. Acts 18:17
73. Acts 19:35-41
74. Acts 20:3 and 20:19
75. Acts 21:20-25, emphasis added.
76. Acts 21:31-32, emphasis added.
77. Acts 21:39-40
78. Acts 22:22-30
79. Acts 23:10
80. Acts 23:23-24
81. Acts 23:29
82. Acts 27:3
83. Acts 13:1
84. Romans 16:10-11
85. Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus, ante, pp. 796-797.
86. Acts 13:4-12
87. Philippians 4:22
88. Philippians 4:18-22, emphasis added.
89. Phlippians 2:25-30, emphasis added.
90. Philippians 1:12-14, emphasis added.
91. Tacitus, The Annals, ante, Book XV, 55
92. Suetonius, Nero, 49
93. Cassius, Dio, Roman History, ante, Book LXIII, 27 and 29
94. Cassius, Dio, Roman History, ante, Book LXIII, 14
95. Suetonius, Domitian, 14
96. Josephus, Antiquities, Preface, sec. 2
97. Josephus, Life, sec. 76
98. Josephus, Antiquities, Preface, sec. 2; Life, sec. 76; Against Apion, in The Complete Works of Josephus, trans. William Whiston, 1960, Kregel, Book I, sec. 1, and Book II, sec. 42.
99. See, Rajak, Tessa, "Iulius Agrippa II, Marcus", 1996, in Hornblower, Simon, ed., Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
100. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, chapter 8, sec.11, and Life, sec. 3.
II. Josephus and the New Testament
1. Josephus, Life, sec. 1
2. Josephus, Life, sec. 5-8, 75-76, Wars, Book VI.
3. Josephus, Life, sec. 4-5
4. Josephus, Life, sec. 26
5. Josephus, Against Apion, ante, Book II, sec. 30
6. Josephus, Antiquities, Book XIX, chapter 7, sec. 3
7. Josephus, Wars, Book IV, chapter 7, sec. 3
8. Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17
9. Josephus, Wars, Book V, chapter 9, sec. 4
10. Josephus, Life, sec. 23
11. Feldman, Louis H., “Hellenization in Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities: the Portrait of Abraham,” in Josephus, Judaism, and Christianity, Louis H. Feldman and Gohei Hata, eds., 1987, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p.145.
12. Josephus, Wars, Book VI, chapter 5, sec. 4.