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Modern forgery created by Luigi Moccia in 1927 to raise publicity for his novel; written in Greek

The Gospel of Josephus was a modern pseudepigraph created by Luigi Moccia to raise publicity for a novel Moccia had written. The manuscript was written by Moccia in Greek, but was proven to be a hoax based on the modernity of the language and the form of the manuscript (loose sheets written on one side only). The Gospel was attributed to Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian of the first century CE. The gospel was created in 1927.

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  1. ^ Ryan, Donald P. (2000). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Biblical Mysteries. Penguin. p. 227. ISBN 9780028638317.
  2. Metzger, Bruce Manning; Coogan, Michael David (1993). The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780195046458.
  3. Goodspeed, Edgar J. (June 2011). New Chapters in New Testament Study. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-258-03291-3. Retrieved 25 July 2012. (search in the on-line text for "Gospel of Josephus")


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