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1. Yosifun is quite controversial. Its a hebrew translation of a jewish/roman historian. some will say that Rashi quotes it once, but others hold against. I have heard that when someone asked the Rebbe he answered that there are those for and against it, but those who read it have what to rely on.
   (Just putting it out there)

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   1. הרבה קורין היוסיפון – ונמצא בבית כו”כ. הדעות ע”ד [יוסיפון] ומחברו – הפוכות ומן הקצה אל הקצה. ובכלל: רוב המבקרים החפשים משמיצים אותו ורוב היראים משבחים אותו (ראה צמח דוד, סדה”ד ועוד), ומתרצים מש”כ בשבח הרומאים וכו’ – מפני שהי’ בשבי שלהם וחשוב בעיניהם ורצה לבטל גזירות על היהודים וכיוצא בזה

      (there are other mentions from the Rebbe and the other Rabbeim as well, some more positive, some saying its not all exact etc)

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   2. Also Yosef ben Gurion isn’t Josephus. The text attributes its authorship to “Yosef ben Gurion” (a Judean commander mentioned in Josephus’s The Jewish War), which led many in the medieval period to erroneously believe it was an original Hebrew chronicle authored by Josephus himself. Josephus’s name was Yosef Ben Matisyahu.

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2. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/classes-by-mordechai-dinerman/id1613408539?i=1000683377496

   Podcast about Josephus

   It was published last year around this time
   https://mordechai-dinerman-classes.transistor.fm/

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