Hostile Witnesses: The Jewish Scribes Who Accidentally Dated the Magi
Written by Diesel the Magus · A standalone piece In law, the most credible witness is often the hostile one. A person who testifies against their own interest, or confirms a fact while trying to establish something else entirely, is not shaping evidence toward a conclusion. They are simply reporting what they could not avoid knowing. The testimony lands without an agenda behind it, and that is precisely what makes it land hard. Jewish scripture and Jewish scholarship contain a series of exactly these witnesses.
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Written by Diesel the Magus · A standalone piece In law, the most credible witness is often the hostile one. A person who testifies against their own interest, or confirms a fact while trying to establish something else entirely, is not shaping evidence toward a conclusion. They are simply reporting what they could not avoid knowing. The testimony lands without an agenda behind it, and that is precisely what makes it land hard. Jewish scripture and Jewish scholarship contain a series of exactly these witnesses.
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Gathas · Avesta · Dead Sea Scrolls · Talmud