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From what I understand, 'legend' means there is a kernel of history there, but it's been so crusted over with stories that it's impossible to recover. The word
by cbd1984 12y ago
From what I understand, 'legend' means there is a kernel of history there, but it's been so crusted over with stories that it's impossible to recover. The word 'myth' is used when it's all fiction.
So the 'legend' position would be "There was a heretical Judean Jew named Joshua son of Joseph who may well have given a sermon on some mount and was very likely crucified, but beyond that we are in no position to say anything. It's been too long, the records are too poor, and too many people with motivation to lie have had a chance to spread tales."
- joshuahedlund 12y agoWhat was the motivation to lie? One common argument is that nearly all of Jesus' closest disciples were martyred and would have had no motivation to die for something they knew to be a lie.
- cbd1984 12y agoSo the people who were martyred wouldn't have died for nothing, perhaps. Why were there martyrs to begin with? Well, why did people drink the poison at Jonestown?