Yeah even if there was some person that Jesus was based on and if he came today and saw all the Jesuses he wouldn't recognize himself in any of them. Just like if there was some person on which King Arthur myth was based on came today in some sort of time machine and saw Lancelot, Merlin, Camelot, Excalibur etc. he would not recognize himself.
I mean let us suppose Jesus in the Bible was based on Jesus ben Ananias from Josephus’ "The Jewish War"? They have some similar parallels (this is about Jesus ben Ananias): Jesus comes to Jerusalem during the time of a holy festival (the Feast of Tabernacles); Jesus enters the Temple and suddenly begins to rant against the Temple and the people of Jerusalem, loudly quoting Jeremiah; he preached daily in the Temple; he declared woe unto the people of Jerusalem/Judea; he predicted the Temple will be doomed; Jesus was arrested by the Jerusalem leaders; Jesus is accused of speaking against the Temple; Jesus made no defense for himself in face of these charges of speaking against the Temple; he is later beaten by Jews; after that the Jerusalem authorities delivered Jesus to the Roman procurator; Jesus is interrogated by the procurator; During interrogation the Roman procurator asks Jesus to disclose his identity; he says nothing to the procurator in his own defense; Jesus is whipped by the Romans; procurator releases Jesus; Jesus is then after 7 years hit by catapult and wounded deadly; he utters a woeful lament for himself just before his death.
I mean let us suppose Jesus in the Bible was based on Jesus ben Ananias from Josephus’ "The Jewish War"? They have some similar parallels (this is about Jesus ben Ananias): Jesus comes to Jerusalem during the time of a holy festival (the Feast of Tabernacles); Jesus enters the Temple and suddenly begins to rant against the Temple and the people of Jerusalem, loudly quoting Jeremiah; he preached daily in the Temple; he declared woe unto the people of Jerusalem/Judea; he predicted the Temple will be doomed; Jesus was arrested by the Jerusalem leaders; Jesus is accused of speaking against the Temple; Jesus made no defense for himself in face of these charges of speaking against the Temple; he is later beaten by Jews; after that the Jerusalem authorities delivered Jesus to the Roman procurator; Jesus is interrogated by the procurator; During interrogation the Roman procurator asks Jesus to disclose his identity; he says nothing to the procurator in his own defense; Jesus is whipped by the Romans; procurator releases Jesus; Jesus is then after 7 years hit by catapult and wounded deadly; he utters a woeful lament for himself just before his death.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
