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I'm just saying there are people who have argued this and that (such as Josephus wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke and John plus the NT writings of Paul), i.e., that Josephus and Paul were one person.
And I've pointed out that your only example is on a forum for "fringe" ideas and it didn't fare well even there.
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if you have something that opposes such a position please point it out (but don't give me something that squashes the discussion -- like it is an "alternative view," that doesn't hack it with me).
You seem to be very confused. If all you want to do is note that the idea is out there and point to examples then you are hardly inviting a detailed discussion - which would not be on topic in this thread anyway. The responses you have got have been appropriate to what you posted. If you want a more serious discussion then you should start a new thread and put forward the case that the Gospels plus the Pauline Epistles were written by Josephus. Although you ought to find a source which makes a decent case first.
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Cascioli, for example, has claimed that Josephus is unreliable in certain respects and that Jesus Christ was John of Gamala (in Josephus).
Of course Josephus is unreliable in some respects. The rest I don't know about, but I doubt that there is much evidence (that could decide it either way).
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I mention Holbach because, as you may know, in his book, System of Nature, he claimed for reasons of personal safety that it was authored by someone else.
In other words, neither of them endorse the idea that Josephus wrote any of the NT, and they are not relevant to your original question.