Can Antiquities of the Jews be proof of Jesus existence and divinity

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If you are hellbent on using Josephus to prove Jesus's existence,  the smart play is to sidestep the Testimonium Flaviam entirely and instead invoke the reference in Book 20, Chapter 9:

Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned:

[bore]

If you are hellbent on using Josephus to prove Jesus's existence,  the smart play is to sidestep the Testimonium Flaviam entirely and instead invoke the reference in Book 20, Chapter 9:

Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned:

Only a few idiots doubt that Yeshua bar Maryam existed or that he was messianic preacher.

Well, obviously. But if you're going to argue with idiots you should use an approach that gives them as little to quibble with as possible.