I haven't worked out what Jesus is yet, but I don't think it was a literal person.
Plutarch, who wrote Luke-Acts, came from the Nazarenes/Essenes. The society called their teachings the 'Nazarene Way' NOT the 'Nazarene Way of Jesus'. Their rival, Paul, makes it clear that there was no real life person called Jesus because he was preaching his own doctrine which was about a spiritual Jesus.
Plutarch, who wrote Luke-Acts, came from the Nazarenes/Essenes. The society called their teachings the 'Nazarene Way' NOT the 'Nazarene Way of Jesus'. Their rival, Paul, makes it clear that there was no real life person called Jesus because he was preaching his own doctrine which was about a spiritual Jesus.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
