It's interesting that Marcus Agrippa II was married to Berenice, who became Titus' mistress, and appears to be Mary Magdalene. In
Cleopatra to Christ (pg. 75) Ellis quotes Josephus (
Antiquities 17:31) as saying that Agrippa II was a close friend of Judas of Gamala's grandson, Philip, and that the latter was in charge of a large army ranging from Bethanya to Ourania (Edessa). In
King Jesus, Ellis mentions Agrippa II on over 30 pages, so it might be interesting to go back and review them closely for any more insights.
Yes, I think the Paul / Josephus equations is best, however, as has been stated before, how do we really know who Josephus was? Ellis mentions in his Part 2 interview on
Jesus, King of Edessa that the Syriac historians claim that a Paul and Barnabas were agents of the Edessan court, whose king was Abgarus:
https://biblehub.com/topical/a/abgarus.htm
The Piso's are very interesting in any case, given the marriage relationship to Julius Caesar, and their library at Herculaneum, which somebody knew to make a beeline to (18th century?) once the city was discovered from under all the ash of Vesuvius.
Can you provide the page(s)?
Yes, this appears to be the case.
In one of his books on David and Solomon, Ellis relates that the Biblical name of 'Zoan' seems to apply to the Nile delta city of Tanis, where the later pharaohs ruled from. So Zoan > Zion > Sion?
https://postflaviana.org/community/index.php?threads/from-cleopatra-to-christ.2515/post-12501
Making the Jesus connection to Edessa is really interesting given the relationship of Abaham to the same, adjacent to Harran (or as Ellis equates Harran to (H)Ourania. And, that the Crusaders made a detour to Edessa on the way to Jerusalem, in the decades after the Norman Conquest. The latter was precisely 1,000 years after the Jewish War, and was memorialized by the Domesday (Doomsday) Book.
Also, as Ellis relates that Ourania means 'heaven', the Sabians of Harran were famous as astronomers. And,
saba means 'star' ... and 'shepherd' in Sumerian.