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I think that the overall consensus in the historical world is that a man named Jesus did live around that time. I know nothing about the historical record of the 12 disciples.
Statistics: Posted by TableTiger1 — Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:40 pm
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Statistics: Posted by Nortonesque — Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:58 am
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In 93, the Jewish historian Josephus published his work Antiquities of the Jews. The extant copies of this work, which all derive from Christian sources, even the recently recovered Arabic version, contain two passages about Jesus. The one directly concerning Jesus has come to be known as the Testimonium Flavianum. Its authenticity has been disputed since the 17th century, and by the mid 18th century the consensus view was that it was a forgery. This conclusion was questioned in the 20th century and the intellectual controversy will probably never be resolved. The other passage mentions Jesus as the brother of James, also known as James the Just. The authenticity of this latter passage has been disputed by Emil Schürer as well by several recent popular writers.
Statistics: Posted by PZ — Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:40 pm
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Statistics: Posted by PZ — Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:37 pm
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