I have read the court records of king herod, and pontiuos Pilot, niether mention a person called jesus fronting their courts. so where can I find evidence of the existance of jesus. I have traced a lot of the old testement through historical records and can match up many of the facts but the new testement is not so easy to trace.
2007-01-29 12:24:53 · 20 answers · asked by wanna no 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There isn't a lot of extra-biblical evidence.
One of the ones that is primary is Josephus, a 1st century Jewish historian. However the mention of "Jesus" is widely agreed to be a later forgery.
For more info, try here: http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/marshall_gauvin/did_jesus_really_live.html
2007-01-29 12:29:02 · answer #1 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Josephus, a very important Jewish historian born A.D. 37, wrote most of his four works towards the end of the first century. He was also a priest and a Pharisee and while much disliked by his fellow Jews for his collaborating with the Romans, he was much liked by Christians because he mentions James, brother of Jesus, and Jesus Himself. Check his writing "The Antiquities". Also "Testimonium Flavianum".
The writings of Tacitus also make reference to Jesus. I think Tacitus was a Roman historian. Also Pliny the Younger. There was reference also by a historian named Hallus, perhaps not specifically talking about Christ, but in recording history of that time made reference to when the earth went dark at the time of Christ's crucifixion. There are also volumes of writings by hte "apostolic fathers", considered the be the earliest Christian writers after the New Testament. The Epistle of Clement of Rome, the Epistles of Ignatius, the Epistle of Barnabas and the Epistle of Polycarp.
If you'd like to go into more depth, I strongly urge you to read "The Case for Christ" written by Lee Strobel, which is where I am pulling all these references. It's all there in the bibliography so you can get into it more deeply.
2007-01-29 13:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is mentioned in scores of literature, the Quran, by historians (such as Josepheus), and religious books.
The first link below is to an article "Is Jesus an actual or mythical Historical person?"
The second link has an outline titled, "Was Jesus a Historical Figure?"
These should have some of the information you are looking for.
2007-01-29 13:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just look up mythology like horus from ancient egypt. He has many experiences similiar to Jesus. In fact you could say that maybe parts of the bible that explain Jesus were taken from the egyptians religious literature at the time (just a thought). Some events that happened in Horus' life:
Born of a virgin on December 25.
He taught in the temple as a child and was baptized by Anup the Baptizer when he was thirty
He raised a man from the dead
He was given titles such as: way, truth, the light, the Messiah, the good shephard...
He was crucified, buried in a tomb and resurrected
there are many more please check them out.
2007-01-29 13:06:59 · answer #4 · answered by keaton f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
It's the only book of fiction where jesus is mentioned. There was one sentence in a history by Josephus but that's been determined to be an 11th century forgery.
2007-01-29 12:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by Yoda Greene 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the things. He's not in any records and most likely was not even worth mentioning. Also, it is said that a case like this would never ever be tried before Pilot. Pilot would never have even seen him. Like seven guys below him would have. There is also no record of taxes being collected and everybody having to go back to their home town, hence, Mary and Joseph would not have been traveling. There is no indication that this would even have occured. Not saying it didn't and that the lack of evidence is not proof that it didn't happen, they say it is just very unlikely.
2007-01-29 12:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by fifimsp1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are referring to texts of his time, then "No". I'm pretty sure it has been asserted that no historical texts/documents mention Jesus at all, other than the Bible. He's written about now, but I take it that wasn't the point of your question.
2007-01-29 12:32:37 · answer #7 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some references to Jesus attributed to era more advantageous-Biblical substances (which includes Rome), yet those aren't any further authoritative -- that's to say they arrive from historic substances which aren't any further almost as traditionally strong because the recent testomony. John Wawick Sir Bernard Law notes that "to be skeptical of the ensuing textual content of the recent testomony books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into obscurity, for no information of the historic era are as well attested bibliographically because the recent testomony." Bruce Metzger of Princeton says, "the textual critic of the recent testomony is embarrassed by technique of the wealth of his fabric." therefore, we are able to likely finish that Josephus and Pliny aren't any further as credible, or a minimum of no longer as well-attested, as are John and Paul.
2016-12-03 05:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-29 12:30:17 · answer #9 · answered by jim h 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He is mentioned in the Talmud, in the writings of Josephus -- and, yes....in the Qur'An: http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-koran?specfile=%2Flv2%2Fenglish%2Frelig%2Fkoran%2Fwww%2Fkoran.o2w&query=isa&docs=text&sample=1-100&grouping=match
2007-01-29 12:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋