RE: Imagine this...
May 3, 2021 at 4:17 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2021 at 4:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 3, 2021 at 2:51 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(May 3, 2021 at 12:45 pm)Nomad Wrote: Given the fact that Josephus documented every wandering mendicant who claimed messiahdom in great detail, no matter how minor or how deranged, your hypotheses do not hold water. The simplest explanation is still the most likely, viz Josephus didn't talk about Yeshua bar Yosef because he didn't hear of him, likely because either a) he did not exist, or b) was so minor that even somebody as prone to gossip as Josephus didn't hear of him.
My preference is for Option B.
Which would be a problem for any historical jesus candidate. He's a man, allegedly, known far and wide. Take away every miracle, even the mundade miracles - and the candidates fail on account of obscurity, still.
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