@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 5 months agoIs there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?message-square359fedilinkarrow-up1280
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoThere are zero contemporary primary sources for his existence.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 months agoPrimary sources? No, but there are independent secondary sources by people with no skin in the game. Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus (circa 93–94 CE). Annals by Tacitus (circa 116 CE) The earliest Christian writings are also more about the teachings of a disruptive Jewish preacher who was then crucified, than they are about magic.
There are zero contemporary primary sources for his existence.
Primary sources? No, but there are independent secondary sources by people with no skin in the game.
Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus (circa 93–94 CE).
Annals by Tacitus (circa 116 CE)
The earliest Christian writings are also more about the teachings of a disruptive Jewish preacher who was then crucified, than they are about magic.