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There is no evidence for nearly any human being from that time period, barring descriptions of them after their death. And in contrast, there’s as much evidence
by anjbe 8y ago
There is no evidence for nearly any human being from that time period, barring descriptions of them after their death. And in contrast, there’s as much evidence of Jesus’ life within 100 years of his death as almost anyone else historians claim to have existed at that time period—frankly, there’s more.
Thus, correctly pointing out that there is no evidence “from when he was claimed to be alive” is not a very convincing argument that the vast majority of secular Biblical historians are wrong in their belief in a historical Jesus. Two elements of Jesus’ life story are nearly universally held to be historically accurate: that he was baptized by John the Baptist, and that he was crucified.
- malvosenior 8y agoThe “vast majority” doesn’t include the historian giving the talk at Stanford I posted. I’m honestly surprised to see so much support for Jesus with no data behind it on this site.
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- antidesitter 8y agoThomas Sheehan is not a historian. He's a philosopher and, contrary to what you seem to imply, accepts the historicity of Jesus.