(April 24, 2014 at 11:09 am)Minimalist Wrote: Yes, good point. Herod the Great's reign was 37 - 4 BC. Upon his death the kingdom was divided among his children. The Romans did not begin to re-assemble the kingdom until Herod Agrippa I in 41 AD...by which time, as the story goes, the godboy was already dead.... or not.
You guys are right. I blew the Herod comment. It was Herod Antipas, not the Herod the Great, and he ruled Galilee during Jesus' lifetime. As far as the comment about the historians, I already accept the testimony of the gospel writers, but it does show that the majority of non-christian historians agree that Jesus did exist historically.
