The First Century Void

[Amarok]

I've got to strike a fine line here.  Carrier among others - this is hardly news outside the bible-thumper community - cites a number of examples.  I've got to produce enough so that RR doesn't hold his breath until he turns blue without re-producing so much that it violates the sites' copyright rules.  I'll get there.  I just need time and today is not going to be that day.

As an example, though, here is Richard Lataster quoting Robert Drews, on the issue of Tacitus:

Furthermore, most information from Book 5 and the beginning of Book 6 (covering CE-32-37) is lost.
The Annals is suspiciously missing information from around 29 CE to 32 CE, a highly relevant
timeframe for those that believe (historically or religiously) in Jesus. It is equally suspicious that the
only section missing in the space dedicated to Tiberius’ rule happens to coincide with what many Christians
would consider to be the most historically noteworthy event(s) to occur during Tiberius’ reign.

Robert Drews theorizes that the only plausible explanation for this gap is “pious fraud;” that the embarrassment
of Tacitus making no mention of Jesus’ crucifixion (or associated events such as the darkness covering
the world or the appearances of resurrected saints) led to Christian scribes destroying this portion of the text, and perhaps later fabricating the Book 15
reference. 

But someone would have noticed conspiracy theory !!!

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Don't get me wrong... I'm not against criticism.... but do it in context, where it can be examined and intelligently discussed. Or if someone would like to re-visit something, we can do that too.

Bullocks