There is a fringe branch of historical Jesus scholarship known as Jesus mythicists made up of those who doubt or deny the historical Jesus altogether. Perhaps the two most well-known people holding this view are Richard Carrier and Robert Price. Such a view is historically dubious at best.

Bart Ehrman has already taken the time to point out the shaky ground on which this view stands in his book Did Jesus Exist? Some problems with Jesus mythicism are that Paul refers to Jesus’ brother in Galatians 1:19 and the simple fact that Paul knew Peter. So, he’d be in a pretty good position to know whether or not there was a historical Jesus. There is already plenty of problematic evidence that Jesus mythicists cannot account for well, but setting it aside for a moment, there’s a new one that might be sounding the death knell.

In Dr. Tom Schmidt’s new book, Josephus & Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ, he presents a detailed analysis that credibly challenges the prevailing skepticism about the authenticity of Josephus’ Testimonium Flavianum. If his conclusions are correct, it may be the final nail in the coffin of Jesus mythicism.