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| | | | | Two years ago I wrote a detailed critique of Richard Carrier's argument that Josephus does not refer to Jesus of Nazareth in Antiquities XX.200. Strangely, the normally hair-triggered Carrier has been slow to respond to my analysis. This did not go unnoticed by his fans, who repeatedly asked him why he had not replied to my criticisms. But now that he has finally done so, we can see the reason for his reluctance - the results are confused, inaccurate and... Read More Read More | |
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| | | | | One of the more common arguments among supporters of the Jesus Myth thesis is an argument from silence: "There are no contemporary references to Jesus, therefore he did not exist". But this naïve argument is based on an ignorance of ancient source material and of how and how an argument from silence is sustained. | |
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| | | | | The consensus of scholars, including non-Christian scholars, is that a historical Jesus most likely existed and the later stories about "Jesus Christ" were told about him. The idea that there was no such historical person at all and that "Jesus Christ" was a purely mythical figure has been posited in one form or another since the eighteenth century, but is not taken seriously by anyone but a tiny handful of fringe scholars and amateurs. Despite this, the Jesus Myth thesis... Read More Read More | |
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