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Originally Posted by #-3
It is a little bit, most historians not taking a strictly theological approach would say he is more like King Arthur an amalgam of many different characters and stories of the fulfilment prophecies. Mainly due to some of the striking coincidences and lack of contemporary accounts. (easy examples the census story does not align with any historic reality but because of prophecy they needed a Nazarene born in Bethlehem so the myth found a vehicle to drift in that direction, or that his sur name literally means anointed one it's kinda like naming your bad guy Dr Evil)
I didn't read your article but listened to some commentary on this find a few days ago, the site has long been known to house roman era settlements, and rumored to be the home of Jesus' family. Big problems with the story are this the evidence required to date they site was mostly destroyed because it was not professional excavated, and the new piece of evidence that his was the house of god is that the craftsmenship on the the house was high quality and obviously home to a great carpenter like Joseph.
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I never thought Joseph was much of a Carpenter, after all he didnt make enough money to bribe his way out of schlepping his wife on a Donkey across Israel for a census, that doesn't speak to a master craftsmen