Monday, October 06, 2014

New book claiming Jesus did not exist dismissed by historians


A controversial new book claiming Jesus didn't exist has received considerable media attention, but Christian apologists have dismissed its research as inconsistent with the weight of modern scholarship.

In the book, 'No Meek Messiah', author Michael Paulkovich says he studied 126 historical texts by scholars who lived during and shortly after Jesus' lifetime.

He says he found no mention of anyone named Jesus, and therefore brands the scholars "silent" witnesses to the fact that Jesus is a "mythical character". Read more

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