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

Demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...

in 1992, and Ph.D. in history in 1998 from

U.C. Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

. 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 (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...

that mentions

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

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

Vigiliae Christianae ''Vigiliae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Languages'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Brill Publishers in the field of early Christian studies. According to the publisher: The initiators of this journal were ...

" by Brill publishing, 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