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Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?

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RE: Paul's "persecution" of the early Christians?

February 10, 2018 at 3:40 pm (This post was last modified: February 10, 2018 at 3:40 pm by Jehanne.)

I am not an historian, but this is what historians do, they read ancient (and, even modern) texts critically. The Roman historian Livy, for instance, is universally accepted as having existed:

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

But, scholars read his texts critically, and they don't accept every single thing that he wrote verbatim:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab_Urbe_Co...bri_(Livy)

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