RE: Historicity of Jesus
December 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 21, 2014 at 6:02 pm by Minimalist.)
Not a single ancient writer - xtian or pagan - ever mentioned the passage that jesus freaks trumpet in Annales. Nor did he - nor Josephus - even mention xtians in their discussions of the run up to the Great Revolt. A watered down variant appears in Sulpicius Severus "Chronica" at the beginning of the 5th century and it never cites Tacitus as a source nor does it refer to Pilate or Christus. Further, ultraviolet examination of the only manuscript we have of Tacitus' Annales shows that he wrote Chrestianos ( followers of Chrestus ) not "Christianos" ( followers of Christ.)
On such slim pickings do the jesus freaks hang their hats!
Don't you mean "Bwian?"
On such slim pickings do the jesus freaks hang their hats!
Quote:Like, let's say, Brian.
Don't you mean "Bwian?"
