(August 4, 2012 at 10:55 am)Napoleon Wrote:(August 4, 2012 at 9:39 am)spockrates Wrote: (Tacitus, Annals 15.44)
Tacitus, of course was a pagan and no friend of Christianity.
Why is this relevant? This was written after Jesus supposedly existed.
Quote:(Suetoius, Life of Claudius 25.4)
Suetonius was another ancient pagan Roman historian who was anti- Christian.
Suetonius, again, existed after Jesus. So still not relevant to the OP.
Quote:(Babylonian Talmud)
Notice that the ancient Jewish book does not deny that Jesus did miraculous things, but instead claims they were evil sorcery meant to dupe the people.
The Talmud, written in the 2nd century CE.
Again, after Jesus.
Quote:I will post more, if you are interested.
Urgh I hope you actually come up with something written at the time of Jesus like the OP asked for.
(August 4, 2012 at 10:54 am)spockrates Wrote: I believe he was asking if there is any written evidence outside the Bible that Jesus even existed. The cited works are those for which he was looking, I think.
No, look at the title of the thread. For the love of Stevie...
Yes, my mistake. Not sure why sure why such a requirement placed on the evidence is necessary.
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
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