[GalahiSimtam]

Uhm, if you are interested so, you should realize it is these false narratives that are used most convincingly in support of Jesus historicity.

Consider that passage from Flavius referencing Jesus. It is somewhat different in the Arabic translation version. Some people goes as far as to doubt if this passage is altogether an insertion of later christian scribes.

On the other hand, they usually argue that Jesus being born in Bethlehem is made up to match some old prophets, and then they accept that if Jesus was completely made up he would not be from Nazareth. (*)

There are more analyses like that in "Gospel of Afranius" by Kirill Eskov (who is known for "The Last Ringbearer"), and I found out only today that it was translated to English recently, wikipedia says Dec 2022. Enjoy!

(*) it is relatively rare that someone will observe that there could have been another settlement called Bethlehem just closer to Nazareth.