Editing Josephus on Jesus (section)

==== Josephan beliefs about Jesus ====
Claudia Setzer holds that while "tribe is an odd way to describe Christians", it does not necessarily have negative connotations.<ref name=Setzer106>''Jewish responses to early Christians'' by Claudia Setzer 1994 {{ISBN|0-8006-2680-X}} pp. 106–107</ref> Setzer argues for the existence of an authentic kernel because "the style and vocabulary are Josephan" and specific parts (e.g. the use of "wise man") are not what one would expect from a Christian forger.<ref name=Setzer106 /> Setzer argues that the Testimonium indicates that Josephus had heard of Jesus and the basic elements surrounding his death, and that he saw Jesus as primarily a miracle worker.<ref name=Setzer106 /> Van Voorst also states that calling Christians a "tribe" would have been very out of character for a Christian scribe, while Josephus has used it to refer both to Jewish and Christian groups.{{sfn|Van Voorst|2000|pp=89–90}}