(January 2, 2017 at 4:15 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Like it or not, the best sources we have for the historical Jesus are the canonical Gospels, and they aren't terribly good sources.
Actually, they flat out suck.
Well, yeah . . . they do.
But I'm willing to grant them the smallest measure of respect as historical documents, if only to encourage the chew toys to keep coming back.