2006-12-10 21:26:14 · 4 answers · asked by sean e 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Zippo, zero, nadda,....the closest thing to the events/people of the time came from an obscure stone tablet that mentioned Pontius Pilate at the governor of Judea. Other than that, there's no contemporary writing, archeological evidence of any sort that speaks to the obscure carpenter from Gallilee. The first word comes second hand generations and centuries after his death. Of course there's the bible...ooooh...the monks were inspired by god to write the truth...oooohw supernatural stuff...
2006-12-11 03:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The only information regarding Pontius Pilate is the New Testament and two Jewish writers: Josephus and Philo of Alexandria. By far our greatest amount of information comes from the Jewish writer Flavius Josephus who composed his two great works, the Antiquities of the Jews and the Jewish War, towards the end of the first century. There are also several "less reliable" traditions and legends. One early German legend says that Pilate was an illegitimate son of Tyrus, king of Mayence, who had Pilate taken to Rome as a prisoner. After he had apparently committed a murder he was sent to Pontus, where he enlisted in the Roman Army and proved himself by winning many victories against the barbarous tribes in the north.
Tacitus, when speaking of the cruel punishments inflicted by Nero upon the Christians, tells us that Christ, from whom the name "Christian" was derived, was put to death when Tiberius was emperor by the procurator Pontius Pilate (Annals xv.44). Apart from this reference and what is told us in the New Testament, all our knowledge of him is derived from two Jewish writers, Josephus the historian and Philo of Alexandria."
2006-12-10 22:17:14 · answer #2 · answered by Parvenu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Josephus is a forgery. The writing style used for anything that has to do with Jesus is completely different. Someone realized there was not enough evidence for Jesus and tried to make up for it.
It is like reading Moby Dick and running across a few pages of Harry Potter. It is odd and awkward and only interesting if you really want to believe in Harry Potter.
2006-12-11 05:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it has been mentioned by a roman and a jew before forget thier names and by many more people
2006-12-10 21:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by A K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋