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Jesus is mentioned by Roman and Jewish historians. See: https://strangenotions.com/an-atheist-historian-examines-the-evidence-for-jesus-part-1-of-2/ https://st
by DonaldFisk 4y ago
Jesus is mentioned by Roman and Jewish historians.
See: https://strangenotions.com/an-atheist-historian-examines-the-evidence-for-jesus-part-1-of-2/ https://strangenotions.com/an-atheist-historian-examines-the...
and: https://strangenotions.com/an-atheist-historian-examines-the-evidence-for-jesus-part-2-of-2/ https://strangenotions.com/an-atheist-historian-examines-the...
and also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
which states: "Virtually all biblical scholars and classical historians see the theories of his non-existence as effectively refuted"
- throw0101a 4y agoThe two Strange Notions articles are written by Tim O'Neill who has his own site: * https://historyforatheists.com/jesus-mythicism/ https://historyforatheists.com/jesus-mythicism/
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThat's a cool source, do you happen to know of any biblical annotation sources that follow the same format (i.e. athiest, but confidently so, and so don't need to go further than the historical record at the time, and with the historical chops to give context).
- ncmncm 4y agoI am finding all the Tim O'Neill material tendentious. His slant seems to be that he desperately wants to be taken seriously by former and soon-to-be former Christians, so anything that would embarrass them cannot be allowed.