I accept that he's quite popular today.
With the exception of the gospels, which were written between 1 and 3 generations after Jesus' death, is there any corroborating historical evidence that Jesus existed?
Now- this doesn't say that he didn't exist, but it does strongly indicate that Jesus wasn't a significant figure in his day.
Josephus Flavius, among others, was a
Roman historian who wrote extensively about the period, and never mentioned such a character as Jesus. If there was a man walking around doing miracles, and rising from the dead- you'd think he'd get at least a mention somewhere. nope.
And he wasn't left out just because he was an enemy of the Romans. Flavius wrote extensively about the various Jewish factions in Jerusalem.
2007-07-05
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