Was Jesus a real man or myth?

Answer 1

Flavius Josephus who lived in the same century and was a Jew and not a believer,wrote about Jesus in his book 'The Antiqueties'.He said jesus and his followers went about doing good and feeding the poor.
Tacitus ,the Roman historian wrote after visiting Jerusalem,"There's a man named Christus(Christ) and his followers who are called by the council(Jewish council) troublemakers".
He was real alright!

Answer 2

I investigated the historicity of Jesus not too long ago. Historians can only say that he probably lived. The reason they cannot say definitively is that there is such scant information about him. Basically, no one wrote anything about him while he was supposedly alive. Many major biblical scholars believe that Mathew, Mark, Luke and John were not written by any of the twelve disciples. Those four names were common names at the time of early Christianity. You can go to Wikipedia and type in the historicity of Jesus in. Their article on Jesus's history pretty much sums up all the information that I was able to find. If found that article first, it would have saved me a lot of time. So from a historical viewpoint it is nothing but iffy that the man even lived.

Answer 3

This is an edited version of a response I gave that was the product of a poor memory.

As Rod C pointed out, there was a historian by the name of Josephus who was not as I had remembered Egyptian but was Hebrew. He wrote a very short description of Jesus during the first century, saying in essence that there was a man named Jesus who travelled around healing people. And that is just about it.

Josephus was not a Christian as far as I know, and this writing is generally taken as evidence that Jesus did live at the time purported.

Thanks Rod C for remembering the name.

Answer 4

Jesus was a real man, the first man on earth

Scientists have researched human genes extensively. By comparing human genetic patters around the earth, they found clear evidence that all humans have a common ancestor, a source of the DNA of all people who have ever lived.

Can you trust the Genesis record? Can you really put faith in this account of creation and the prospects it holds out? Well modern genetic research is moving toward the conclusion stated in the Bible.

So then, all nations and races have a common origin. So all said and done, there must have been two people at the beginning, to start the human family, and these two people were Adam and Eve.

Answer 5

Jesus was a real man, around whom lots of myths grew.

Answer 6

Real. If not the Christian Bible then the holy Quran and the Sunnah, i.e. Prophetic traditions would testify his existence as the Messiah (peace be upon him). The early writings of the antiquity can also be used to prove his existence.

Peace and Love

Answer 7

Likely real. There really isn't that much good evidence one way or the other. But that there was a rabbi with that name at that time in history, isn't really that spectacular of a claim. So what little evidence there is makes it more likely than not.

It really isn't all that important one way or the other. He wasn't god or god's son.

Answer 8

Jesus was as real as Paul Bunyan, Perseus, Luke Skywalker, and other legendary figures with magical powers.

Answer 9

A real man.

Answer 10

He was a real man.