Alice Whealey is an independent historian specializing in the intellectual history of Europe, she received an M.A. in history in 1988, a M.A. in

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in 1992, and Ph.D. in history in 1998 from U.C. Berkeley. In 2003 she published "Josephus on Jesus, The Testimonium Flavianum Controversy from Late Antiquity to Modern Times" critically analyzing the '' Testimonium Flavianum'', the disputed passage from

Josephus Flavius Josephus (; , ; ), born Yosef ben Mattityahu (), was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing '' The Jewish War'', he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of pr ...

that mentions

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

. The book was published by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. In her article "Pseudo-Justin's De Resurrectione: Athenagoras or Hippolytus?" published in " Vigiliae Christianae" by

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, she argues that Pseudo-Justin's "de resurrectione" was not composed by Athenagoras, but was more likely by Hippolytus.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whealey Living people Intellectual historians Year of birth missing (living people) UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni