Regardless of the credibility of Weiss (as indicated by others might be sus), this essay reads almost like a primary source you'd read from the time of early Ch

Regardless of the credibility of Weiss (as indicated by others might be sus), this essay reads almost like a primary source you'd read from the time of early Christianity, or during the Justinian plague. Looking back, they're events that seemed to have happened, but the accounts greatly exaggerated. Since we're living through it and can see the evidence, it begs the question of how exaggerated were the old writings?