Any Evidence For A Historical Jesus?

[Undeceived]

We know that a town existed in the second century but what you post is an excellent example of how xtian "scholars" try to bend the facts to bail out their bullshit.

The Israel Antiquities Authority is not a Christian organization. It's a national authority on general archeology. If they 'bent' anything, hopefully they’d lose their jobs. The pottery was a style of pottery used in the 1st and 2nd centuries--both centuries. That’s a fact. I wasn’t aware there was evidence of a 2nd century town before this; I thought the 4th century inscriptions were all we had. I’d like the source, if you have it.

I recall Bill Dever's observation of "joshua" conquering "Jericho."

"The real miracle was that he conquered a city which didn't exist."

I’m sure you’ve already discovered the falsity of Mr. Dever’s claim, but here’s evidence of 15th century B.C. Jericho for those who haven’t:

http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/200...richo.aspx

Pottery again, and this time the window is narrowed to the 15th century.
Not only did they find the walls, but the walls were discovered to have fallen outward, not in on the city. Every other Middle Eastern site has walls fallen inward, because of the way sieges are conducted.