Word: refashion
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...irony is that whoever tinkered with the original Josephus passage -whether it was Eusebius or some other eager apologist-ended up making Josephus' testimony suspect to later generations. In his zeal to refashion Josephus' Jesus in the Christian mold, the tamperer succeeded only in weakening the credibility of the text-even as proof of Jesus' existence...