(December 16, 2012 at 6:33 am)Undeceived Wrote:(December 16, 2012 at 6:22 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Philo of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Jew whose life spanned exactly that of Jesus' alleged life. He is the only historian to provide us with a contemporary account of Pontius Pilate and the events around the Mediterranean -- Judea included.One historian. Half the Jews hated Jesus, half loved him. For any grass-roots historian you'd have a 50-50 chance of mention. But Philo was an in-law to Herod, whose family was not on good terms with any "King of the Jews". He also wrote much on Moses, portraying him even as a heavenly figure. Such a view is that of the Pharisees, Jesus' antagonists.
Not one word of a crucified messiah sadly.
And despite all this, he doesn't feel the need to speak of Jesus negatively, for that would also count as valid evidence of Jesus' existence.
Philo's apparent apathetic attitude towards Jesus is indestinguishable from Jesus' non-existence in my opinion.
Quote:Authorship evidence:
Peter- http://www.biblica.com/niv/study-bible/1-peter/
Luke- http://www.biblica.com/niv/study-bible/luke/
John- http://www.biblica.com/niv/study-bible/john/
Meh, not convincing at all. When they rely on things like e.g. "Peter's character" being this or that... it's very much a subjective view.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
