In support of this caveat, he points out that "Josephus was clearly a member of the Pharisaic party and, although he might not have liked to think so, his was not the universally accepted Jewish Bible—other Jewish communities included more than twenty-two books."
Untuk mendukung peringatan ini, ia menunjukkan bahwa "Yosefus jelas seorang anggota kelompok Farisi dan, meskipun ia mungkin tidak suka berpikir demikian, karyanya bukanlah Alkitab Yahudi yang diterima secara universal —komunitas-komunitas Yahudi lainnya menyertakan lebih dari dua puluh dua kitab."