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Old 04-17-2011, 05:05 PM   #1
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Default Pagan sources for the historical Jesus

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.......the historical HJ idea is borne out very consistently in the four or five pagan sources out there.
Which sources are those?
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Josephus, Tacitus, Celsus and Lucian.
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Josephus, Tacitus, Celsus and Lucian.
Do you consider jews to be "pagans"?
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Chaucer is obsessed with trying to show that there are non-Biblical sources for a historical Jesus.

You can read more about his positions in this monster thread.
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Chaucer is obsessed with trying to show that there are non-Biblical sources for a historical Jesus.

You can read more about his positions in this monster thread.
Very interesting. And even more interesting is a link in that thread to a monster thread on another discussion board. And even more interesting is the flag a certain user here uses there.

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