Serious Query Regarding Jesus

[Undeceived]

Geography dictates that stone was the primary building material in the area. Galilee was not the forests of Gaul, you know.

Except for that fact that there was no jesus, joseph or Nazareth your boy could have been a pediatrician.

http://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-exist.html outlines some third-party sources on Jesus. And think--thousands of people converted to Christianity within a few years of his alleged resurrection. People could ask their neighbors if the man existed. Israel is a small place, the tribe of Judah smaller, and Nazareth/Galilee even smaller. You can learn a lot about Nazareth from archaeology. It's been around since the Israelites settled (around 1200 BC) and still exists today.

You're right, carpenters had to be skilled because there weren't many trees. They had to craft boats, plows, yokes, troughs, and small tools while using as little wood as possible. Fishing was the man occupation for food and trade. You can go to museums and see preserved Galilee boats. There also was a Roman trade route running down from Lebanon (legendary for its cedars) as well as timber ships sailing into Tyre and Ptolemais.