S5E5 The Gospel According to Josephus: On the Final Days of Jesus Christ with Thomas C. Schmidt

In this fifth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Christianity. An Associate Professor at Fairfield University, he is currently a 2025-2026 Visiting Fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Drawing on his new book, Josephus and Jesus (OUP, 2025), we discuss in this Part II of a two-part series the writings of the ancient historian Josephus and what they reveal about the historical identity of Jesus of Nazareth as well as the events surrounding the rise of early Christianity. Hosted by Ryan Shinkel, Madison’s Notes is the podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. The transcript for this interview is available on our new Substack page, “Madison’s Footnotes.”

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S5E5 The Gospel According to Josephus: On the Final Days of Jesus Christ with Thomas C. Schmidt is an episode from In Conversation: An OUP Podcast by New Books Network.

This episode is 58:53 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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