I love the bible, and the writings of Josephus. Are there any other 1st hand accounts of Jesus?
2006-09-11 05:36:11 · 21 answers · asked by Villain 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Written accounts from that time period.
2006-09-11 05:39:20 · update #1
thank you all, I'll check out those links.
2006-09-11 06:01:54 · update #2
Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Tacitus
These might not be 1st hand accounts but they give credibility to Jesus's historicity
Read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus_Christ
2006-09-11 05:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel the need to point out that the writings of Josephus have been considered to be not true. They have been proved among scholars that the reference to Jesus was added after Josephus's writings and not really written by Josephus.
There are just not enough eye witness stories to prove that Jesus was anything other than a mere man.
I don't try to bash any ones faith or beliefs but the evidence for the 4 gospels and other writings about Jesus are just to overwhelming for any of it to be true.
Personally I don't believe it is wrong to believe in something, but I would want proof that the something had been real before I put any stock into believing it.
I know you won't like this answer but it's honest and truthful.
I did go to the wikapeda web site given by the first answerer and read all the information there, It was interesting.
2006-09-11 12:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by melrae1116 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No the only reference is in Josephus, and only a small one.
it is even in doubt as to whether any of the Gospels are first hand accounts.
Even if you accept Matthew as one of the first hand accounts, it is still in doubt that is written much before 70 AD (30 odd yrs after Jesus) and as some believe, including myself, it was potentially not written until the first century AD, then it is doubtful that it could be a first hand account.
But no very little actual written evidence for the Man
2006-09-11 12:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bohemian 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Josephus isn't a contemporary of Jesus... Josephus' father was a young man when Jesus supposedly was gathering Apostles. His father lived in Galilae (yet never mentions Jesus or any Apostles to his own son). And not everything in the Bible can be considered 1st hand accounts.... When Jesus went off to pray by himself, everyone else fell asleep... who was there to witness what he prayed about? Also, his crucifixion, it says all the Apostles ran away except John... so how did they know his last words?
2006-09-11 12:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Well, there are some gospels that are not in the bible. Like the gospel of Timothy and Mary. Look up 'apocrypha' on a search engine for more info. When they put together the New Testament they left out hundreds of works. Not all of them are first hand accounts. Even the 4 Gospels are not entirely first hand accounts. I forget which one it is (Mark I think) is written by a guy who knew a guy that knew Jesus.
2006-09-11 12:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
As far as that time period "The Book of Mormon" (the subtitle = Another Testament of Jesus Christ) it covers the time period from about 600 BC to around 400 AD. (In the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses shall every word be established)
As far as a modern witness of Christ "The Pearl of Great Price"
(which contains the "Joseph Smith - History")
2006-09-11 13:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is not a first-hand account of Jesus -- not one book in the bible is signed "by Jesus" or "as told by Jesus", nor even any of his disciples. We don't know WHERE the hell they came from.
The writings of Josephus aren't first-hand accounts, either -- they couldn't POSSIBLY be, seeing as how he wasn't even born until several years after Jesus' supposed death (assuming he ever even existed in the first place).
You may want to learn some basic terminology before you the next time you open your mouth and make a fool of yourself....
2006-09-11 12:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
tNothing else firsthand about Jesus, but some indirect references:
Tacitus, writing about the fire that destroyed Rome during Nero's reign, blames the Christians, whose name came from Christ. Suetonius, from the early second century, comments about Jews in Rome constantly rabble-rousing in the name of Chrestus (sic). Jewish rabbinical sources mention a Yeshu hanged on he eve of Passover who was a magician and led Israel astray.
2006-09-11 12:47:58 · answer #8 · answered by David W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually the books of the bible are first person, but they are not actually first hand accounts. the books were written by the disciples, but some as many as fifty years after the death of Jesus.
that said: there are roman documents of Jesus' time, that reflect the existence of the person Jesus, His life and How He died.
what is not there, is "proof" of His divinity. that is something that we each have to decide for ourselves.
-eagle
2006-09-11 12:42:22 · answer #9 · answered by eaglemyrick 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Eusebius of Cesseria Phillipi. I would also suggest asking a Christian Bookstore about other Historians that wrote about life During Jesus's ministry.
2006-09-11 12:39:00 · answer #10 · answered by obeysjah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋