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John Dominic Crossan: Render Unto Caesar

Homebrewed Christianity

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The Four Philosophies of Josephus

Josephus was a general in the Galilee. He declared that the first vision was going to be the emperor and he went off to Rome to write the Jewish war which defends Romans to Jews. Now if I'm reading this as a Roman I think they're kind of like our philosophies you know for us or if they just talk so they're not factions they're not political factions they're safe but then he never uses the term for its philosophy in the Jewish war by the way, it's important because again these people stand against his basic principle that God has given power to the Romans do not rebelso he caused them a fourth philosophy.

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