Nice question.
And I already knew about Josephus, the Roman Jew.
You have to understand that Jews benefited mostly from spreading lies about their religion. They were proficient in creating history and legends that never happened. To serve their interests.
What did Jews like Josephus gain from supposed rebellion in Canaan of Jesus?
Roman Citizenship and legalizing Christianity.
Need I say more?
I heard of Josephus when reading about the Tower of Babel meant to be built by people of Marduk? Or some sumerian leader, I forgot the name.
The roman jew using the jesus example, was only comparing myths of the Middle East to preach to romans about changing their minds about something or other. Like all "authors" did at the time.
Propaganda and papers were invented by Caesar in Rome. Coincidence that Jews then and now still dictate what is being typed on them?
If you heard there were ancient writers who talk about Hercules, Zeus, Aphrodite, Nemesis, even Before 40 AD, would you have believed in their existance?
There are authors who say Zeus was real and was the kind of Crete at their time.
Or greek authors who frequently speak about their gods as real, only unlike Josephus they actually speak about personally talking to them or direct experiences and accounts of people they knew.
Josephus only spoke in the third person. Never knew Jesus or anyone from Canaan. Otherwise there should be a roman author Josephus mentioned in the Bible to say "Wow I must write about this in Rome, in the other book you will hear about!"