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Originally Posted by HOZ
Well to find definite hard proof......nope. More than enough circumstantial evidence to though.
...Troy was Homer's made up story until a German dug up Troy of Aniquity.
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Not to digress, but even the site of Troy is being challenged - some scholars argue Troy is off the English coast not in Turkey.
On subject - most of the "circumstantial evidince" played for popular consumption (tv specials, newspaper articles) mostly dance around the "Was it possible?" / "Was it more likely that..." scenarios. Eg. "it's possible Joseph & Mary came to Bethlehem for the census, but more likely they went from Nazareth to Tiberias."
I don't recall surviving Roman Census' from Early Christianity class - a few more books for me to re-read.
I just borrowed "The Pegan Christ" by Tom Harpur from the library - I expect it will read a lot like Cheese's post (which was excelant, BTW). I wonder about the arguement regarding Paul's letters, though.
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Cheese- Paul never met Jesus and never quoted the Jesus of the Gospels
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, even when that would have served his purposes. He sometimes disagreed with Jesus
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Depends on what his purposes are - He preached "The Word" to gentiles to A) increase it's popularity in the world (maybe) or B) to make it unpalateable to prospective Jewish converts (possibly)
Interestingly, I wonder, is there any mention of a "rogue Rabbi from Nazaereth" or "rabbi Jesus" in Jewish writings of the time?