(December 28, 2011 at 9:56 pm)Barre Wrote: Jesis. James, the brother of Jesus and John the Baptizer are all mentioned in both the canonical writings and in extra-biblical writings.Such as?
Quote:Then there are the wriings in the Christian canon.Citation please.
Quote:Here are some occurences found outside of the Bible.You claim to be advocate in Biblical scholarship and yet you link to a site that mentions Josephus. >.>
http://www.rationalchristianity.net/jesus_extrabib.html
That gets discounted from the get-go, most good scholars suspect the passages are nothing more than 4th Century Christian interpolations.
Read here for more on the supposed authenticity of those writings because I honestly don't have the time to waste on you if your standards of evidence are THAT low:
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/s...ojfaq.html