[kosta50]

[Jospehus] was, putting it mildly, often opportunistic and prone to please the powers he served. So we have the problem of his credibility. We can't take his histories as the gospel truth (pun intended)

I couldn't have said it better. Also some of his work is suspected to be forgery.

[D-fendr]

My larger point is that there is nothing possible of the sort of hard objective proof for anything on this level for this time period. (I’m not sure if it is even possible for our own time period.)

However, absence of evidence, etc…

What does one do, in your opinion, with the realm of religion, the search for truth about reality past that possible with reason/logic, in this case?

Is certain objective historical accuracy the only way, the only knowledge possible? And therefore, in this area, knowledge is impossible?