Louis Feldman, who believes the Josephus passage on John is authentic, states that Christian interpolators would have been very unlikely to have devoted almost twice as much space to John (163 words) as to Jesus (89 words).Judaism and Hellenism reconsidered by Louis H. Feldman 2006 pages 330-1 Feldman also states that a Christian interpolator would have likely altered Josephus's passage about John the Baptist to make the circumstances of the death of John become similar to the New Testament, and to indicate that John was a forerunner of Jesus.
louis feldman who believes the josephus passage on john is authentic states that christian interpolators would have been very unlikely to have devoted almost twice as much space to john (163 words) as to jesus (89 words)judaism and hellenism reconsidered by louis h feldman 2006 pages 330-1 feldman also states that a christian interpolator would have likely altered josephus's passage about john the baptist to make the circumstances of the death of john become similar to the new testament and to indicate that john was a forerunner of jesus