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Nye Bevan

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6. Wasn't he supposed to have been killed by the Romans? So if anything, it's anti-Roman.
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:00 PM
Dec 2014


There is near unanimity among scholars that Jesus existed historically,[6][7][nb 1][nb 2][nb 3][nb 4] although biblical scholars differ about the beliefs and teachings of Jesus as well as the accuracy of the details of his life that have been described in the Gospels.[nb 5][12][nb 6][2]:168-173 While scholars have sometimes criticized Jesus scholarship for religious bias and lack of methodological soundness,[nb 7] with very few exceptions, such critics do support the historicity of Jesus, and reject the theory that Jesus never existed, known as the Christ myth theory.[15][nb 8][17][18][19] Certain scholars, particularly in Europe, have recently made the case that while there are a number of plausible "Jesuses" that could have existed, there can be no certainty as to which Jesus was the historical Jesus, and that there should also be more scholarly research and debate on this topic.[20][21]

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Almost all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed,[57][58][59][60] but scholars differ on the historicity of specific episodes described in the Biblical accounts of Jesus,[2]:181 and the only two events subject to "almost universal assent" are that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate.[61][12][62] Elements whose historical authenticity is disputed include the two accounts of the Nativity of Jesus, the miraculous events including the resurrection, and certain details about the crucifixion.[63][64][65][66][67][68]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus

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Is the Jesus myth antisemitic? [View all] PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 OP
Pass: NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #1
No, just an honest question about a story that most Americans are aware of. PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #2
You failed at a neutral state. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5
No, this is a historic insult: the Jews killed Christ. CTyankee Dec 2014 #13
And every priest, every Inquisitor, every Crusader hifiguy Dec 2014 #17
I'm not a Christian so I'm not an expert on this gollygee Dec 2014 #3
Yep, a bunch of Jewish people convinced the Roman occupiers to kill a Jewish guy. (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #9
The high religious leadership wanted him gone. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #10
i'd say no, insofar as the protagonist is genetically Semitic 0rganism Dec 2014 #4
Wasn't he supposed to have been killed by the Romans? So if anything, it's anti-Roman. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #6
Was it not at the behest of church leaders? PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #8
They encouraged the Romans to free Barrabas (who was also Jewish) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #11
I am Christian and while some interpretations of the Jesus story are anti-sematic el_bryanto Dec 2014 #7
As Charlie Brown would say Depaysement Dec 2014 #12
I was on a lovely positive religious thread on GD a couple of weeks ago. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #14
We consider Jesus a Rabbi and Philosopher.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #15
The Jesus story is based on a very Jewish concept of a Mashiach. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #16
I am sorry, LOCKING etherealtruth Dec 2014 #18
Thsi verse was added to the narrative, by anti-Semitic church brass. Archae Dec 2014 #19
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