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SarahM32

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19. Flavius Josephus also wrote of Jesus and James, brother of Jesus, and

Reply to On the Road (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:13 PM

Sep 2012

as an impartial Jewish historian, Josephus also wrote that Jesus was followed by "many Jews and Greeks."

That addresses the statement in the OP that "the jury is still out on whether Jesus existed or not."

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Was Paul of Tarsus really martyred? [View all] Taverner Sep 2012 OP

well DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #1

Please don't link to lew rockwell. Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #14

Interesting post Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #2

The only gnosticism in Paul's' teaching was his Leontius Sep 2012 #3

Well spoken. nt humblebum Sep 2012 #4

That would be if the Epistles were actually written by Paul Taverner Sep 2012 #7

I think only three of them are considered not to have Paul Leontius Sep 2012 #10

Check this article out Taverner Sep 2012 #12

I don't fully believe the conclusion he draws Leontius Sep 2012 #13

probably as many as five or seven Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #15

I'm not aware of many scholars who don't consider Leontius Sep 2012 #18

Elaine Pagels makes the case that Paul was a Gnostic Taverner Sep 2012 #8

The early history of Christianity is completely unknown intaglio Sep 2012 #5

There's a theory that there were three Jesuses Taverner Sep 2012 #6

"The fat one balances the two skinny ones." Nihil Sep 2012 #21

Josephus writes that during the siege of Jerusalem in 70AD, On the Road Sep 2012 #9

Reasonable nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #16

Flavius Josephus also wrote of Jesus and James, brother of Jesus, and SarahM32 Sep 2012 #19

Well, the Testimonium Flavianum is Disputed On the Road Sep 2012 #20

My favorite among these outlier theories is that the character Simon Magus is really Paul. dimbear Sep 2012 #11

unreasonable nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #17

Here's a link to the whole story starring FC Baur........ dimbear Sep 2012 #24

No. Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #22

Thanks for the clarifications. nt Thats my opinion Sep 2012 #23