(I presume this isn’t regarding Jewish scholars and just scholars in general) This isn’t true- like at all. Jesus mysticism isn’t a mainstream scholarly opinion, even among secular scholars like Bart Ehrman who wrote in his book Did Jesus exist?
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Despite the enormous range of opinion, there are several points on which virtually all scholars of antiquity agree. Jesus was a Jewish man, known to be a preacher and teacher, who was crucified (a Roman form of execution) in Jerusalem during the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea
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It is fair to say that mythicists as a group, and as individuals, are not taken seriously by the vast majority of scholars in the field of New Testament, early Christianity, ancient history, and theology
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One could argue as well that Jesus is the most important person in the history of the West, looked at from a historical, social, or cultural perspective, quite apart from his religious significance
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The idea that Jesus did not exist is a modern notion. It has no ancient precedents. It was made up in the eighteenth century. One might as well call it a modern myth, the myth of the mythical Jesus
Who also wrote for the Huffington Post:
Moreover, the claim that Jesus was simply made up falters on every ground. The alleged parallels between Jesus and the “pagan” savior-gods in most instances reside in the modern imagination: We do not have accounts of others who were born to virgin mothers and who died as an atonement for sin and then were raised from the dead (despite what the sensationalists claim ad nauseum in their propagandized versions).
Wow you so went to far too much effort. I could cite a million references that agree with what I stated as well. I’m not going to because I never intended for this to turn into a kind of debate. You can choose to believe what you want, regardless of reality; I mean, that’s what religious belief is. You seem to seek out whatever agrees with you and don’t bother to learn the contrary. Or maybe you do. Whatever. I really have no intention to continue this. What I wanted to say has been said, so, fini.
(I presume this isn’t regarding Jewish scholars and just scholars in general) This isn’t true- like at all. Jesus mysticism isn’t a mainstream scholarly opinion, even among secular scholars like Bart Ehrman who wrote in his book Did Jesus exist?
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Who also wrote for the Huffington Post:
Wow you so went to far too much effort. I could cite a million references that agree with what I stated as well. I’m not going to because I never intended for this to turn into a kind of debate. You can choose to believe what you want, regardless of reality; I mean, that’s what religious belief is. You seem to seek out whatever agrees with you and don’t bother to learn the contrary. Or maybe you do. Whatever. I really have no intention to continue this. What I wanted to say has been said, so, fini.
Truth is objective and immovable. And it’s an undeniable fact that Jesus of Nazareth is a real figure.
Hah. Spoken like a true believer with no regard for evidence.
“Undeniable.” I love it.
I already cited sources
OK I’m done. Spend some time rubbing those beads.