If there was any solid evidence of a historical Jesus we'd have it. So all that we are left with is conjecture and speculation. There are varying methods to coming to a conclusion on the historicity of the past, it just depends on which scholar or historian you are listening to.
I've heard excellent arguments for both sides. Fact is, we'll never really know.
I've heard excellent arguments for both sides. Fact is, we'll never really know.
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret is as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco