Josephus on Jesus and James

Just got in another book, titled:

Josephus on Jesus: The Testimonium Flavianum Controversy from Late Antiquity to Modern Times (Studies in Biblical Literature) by Alice Whealey (she has a PhD in History).

She says on pages 1-2: “The earliest source bearing on the question whether the Testimonium Flavianum is authentic are the works of Josephus himself. As mentioned above, in addition to the Testimonium Flavianum, there is another passage referring to Jesus in Jewish Antiquities.. The question whether this passage, which is an account of the death of Jesus’ brother James, is authentic has some bearing on the debate whether the Testimonium Flavianum itself is authentic. In contrast to the Testimonium, the authenticity of which has been in dispute for hundreds of years, the passage on James has been considered genuine by the vast majority of scholars.”

It’s interesting then, at least, that we have James, the brother of Jesus acknowledged as a historical person outside of the New Testament, since many scholars agree it’s an authentic reporting.