There may have been an historical basis for the Jesus character, but you won’t find him in (or anywhere near) the Gospels. It’s not terribly far-fetched that some radical Judean rabbi got into trouble with the authorities, and elements of his stories were incorporated into the god-man mythos we read about.
As an aside, there are some not unreasonable arguments that both the Heracles and Odysseus myths incorporate bits of the life of an actual individual from pre-history.
Boru
As an aside, there are some not unreasonable arguments that both the Heracles and Odysseus myths incorporate bits of the life of an actual individual from pre-history.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
