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[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sources_for_the_historicity_of_Jesus

A google of "historicity of Jesus" will turn up some results. The wiki link is one of at least three very similar wiki articles on the topic.

tl/dr - it's generally accepted that Jesus was a historical person but all that can be confirmed from written accounts is 1) he was baptized and 2) he was crucified.

Of course people can and do question the independent contemporary Jewish (Josephus) or Roman (Tacitus and Pliny) sources, but they seem to be in the minority. Even the less shady version of Josephus's passage suggests that he was talking about a person who existed.

I don't have anything to add since I'm not Christian - merely surrounded by Christians. I've done a fair bit of reading trying to figure out what's going on with all that.