Josephus describes James not as “the son of” someone—which would be the typical way of identifying a figure in the ancient world—[he] instead says, “James, the brother of Jesus.” So that tells us that Josephus assumes his audience will know who this Jesus is. Now it is the case that two books earlier, in book 18, Josephus mentions Jesus. And he does so in the context of Pontius Pilate’s rule. He is talking about that governor and he is describing things that happened to Jews during that time. He