In textual criticism, Christian interpolation generally refers to textual insertion and textual damage to Jewish and pagan source texts during Christian scribal transmission.
[citation needed] Notable examples among the body of texts known as Old Testament pseudepigrapha include the disputed authenticity of Similitudes of Enoch and 4 Ezra which in the form transmitted by Christian scribal traditions contain arguably later Christian understanding of terms such as Son of Man.
[1][2] Other texts with significant Christian interpolation include the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs[3] and the Sibylline Oracles.
[citation needed] Notable disputed examples in the works of Josephus include Josephus' sections on John the Baptist and James the Just which is widely accepted,[4][5] and the Testimonium Flavianum, which is widely regarded as at best damaged.
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