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| | Historicity of Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The historicity of Jesus (i.e., his existence as an actual historical figure), is accepted as a theological axiom by three world religions, Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith, based on their respective scriptures. | | | However, while Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith also consider Jesus to be the Christ (Messiah) and Son of God, and Islam views him as a prophet, secular historians and followers of most other world religions (including Judaism) tend to regard him as an ordinary human, and some dispute whether he ever existed. | | | For the historical setting in which Jesus is said to have lived, see Cultural and historical background of Jesus; for historical perspectives on Jesus' life, assuming he existed, see Historical Jesus; for discussion of the theory that Jesus is entirely mythical, see Jesus-Myth. |
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| | Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Binitarians believe that Jesus is God, although a separate being from God the Father, and that the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force. | | | Arianism, denounced as a heresy by the early Church, taught that Jesus is subordinate to God the Father. | | | Most Christians believe that Jesus is God incarnate and a member of the Holy Trinity, distinct and yet of the same being as God the Father and the Holy Spirit. |
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| | Jesus Christ - Free Encyclopedia |
| | In Arabic, Jesus is known as the prophet Isa al Masih, from the aforementioned Aramaic for Jesus the Messiah. | | | Jesus had by the time of his death taught a number of his disciples or apostles to preach his teachings and perform faith healing to both Jews and Gentiles alike. | | | Jesus Christ is deemed a false prophet in most sects of Judaism, and religious Jews are still awaiting the arrival of the Messiah. |
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| | SmartWithHeart.org - Challenging the Historicity of Jesus |
| | Looking at the manner in which the epistle writers treat Jesus, it is clear that they saw him not as a historical figure but as a purely spiritual being residing in the supernatural realm. | | | However, Jesus is not supposed to be “just anybody.” He is supposed to be the son of a divine, omniscient, omnipotent, supernatural being. | | | Finally, and perhaps most devastating to those who seek to defend the historical Jesus, the gospel writers (whose actual identities are not known) did not write their accounts during the time of Jesus's life or just after his death. |
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http://smartwithheart.org/NoJesus.php
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| | The Historicity Of Jesus |
| | Paul believed that he had seen the risen Jesus (l Cor l5:8) and he had spoken directly to him (2 Cor l2:8-9); he had experienced ecstatic states (2 Cor l2:l-4, l Cor l4:l8) and God was now revealing previously-hidden information (1 Cor 2:l0,12-13, 7:40). | | | A question therefore arises, did Paul's rather scant knowledge about Jesus arise through his belief that the risen Lord was now communicating with and through him, alongwith other Christian prophets, or from information gleaned from earthly companions and eyewitnesses of the earthly Jesus. | | | It appears that the Christian writings that give Jesus a historical place only appeared in the closing years of the first century and even these took quite some time to be established and accepted. |
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http://www.holysmoke.org/hs00/jc-hist.htm
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| | The Historiography of the Jesus Myth |
| | After discussing references to the historical Jesus in the Epistles of Paul, France frankly concedes that it is from the Gospels that we gain the bulk of the evidence for Jesus. | | | Docetism is the idea that Jesus existed on earth in a human appearing form and did the things written of in the gospels, but denied that he assumed true human form. | | | Any Jesus Mythologist who attempts to dismiss these Gospels as second century writings or simply expansions of the Gospel of Mark must deal with the arguments summarized so effectively in this chapter because the real question is not necessarily when they were written, but the nature and province of their sources. |
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| | Bible Proofs and Historicity of Jesus |
| | This must lead one to the conclusion that Jesus is the Christ of God and that the Bible is a special Divine revelation. | | | The miracles (signs and wonders) of Jesus were recorded in the Bible so that one might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and doing so, might have everlasting life (John 20:30-31). | | | Of course, Jesus’ body was gone and the evidence left behind in the tomb indicated that the work that had been done there was of Divine and not human origin. |
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| | Historicity of Jesus |
| | Sheehan argues that Jesus thought of himself not as God or Christ but as God's eschatological prophet proclaiming God's kingdom, that the resurrection had nothing to do with Jesus coming back to life, and that the affirmation that Jesus was divine first arose among his followers long after his death. | | | During the 19 years that he preached the Gospel, the resurrection of Jesus was the keystone of his ministry. | | | Introduction to the ancient sources and evolution of the Jesus movement from its humble beginnings in the oral tradition to the developed canonical gospels of the late second century. |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/christianity/historicity.html
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| | According to the New Testament, Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem in Judea. | | | In fact, the Encyclopaedia Britannica commits over 20,000 words to Jesus, and says with respect to his historicity that it wasn’t until the end of the 18th Century that it was disputed for the very 1st time — and that on inadequate grounds. | | | All of these historians mention that Jesus was a real person who lived during the first century. |
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| | Historicity of Jesus |
| | When Jesus died, three of the gospels recorded that there were three hours of darkness upon the land. | | | There are also 27 1st century historical documents that claim that Jesus fulfilled all of these prophecies. | | | The question of that day, as well as the question of today, is the deity of Jesus Christ. |
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| | The Historicity of Jesus |
| | The Bible is replete with allusion to Jesus as a real person. | | | There is a yet small, but growing movement that seeks to present Jesus Christ as a mythical figure, the product of wishful thinking that is totally devoid of any historic documentation that a man named Jesus who founded Christianity ever existed. | | | "Jesus" or "Christ" is mentioned specifically in twenty-six of the books. |
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http://www.bibletruths.net/Archives/BTAR217.htm
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| | Historicity Of Jesus FAQ |
| | Even if a reference to Jesus in a text is authentic, and not a later Christian insertion, that text may not provide any new information. | | | It seems inconsistent to delete the reference to Jesus being "Christ", but to keep the suggestion that this is how Christians got their name. | | | Secondly, he refers to Jesus by the religious title "Christos". |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/scott_oser/hojfaq.html
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| | The Historicity of Jesus Christ : Christian Courier |
| | Another line of evidence establishing the historicity of Jesus is the fact that the earliest enemies of the Christian faith did not deny that Christ actually lived (see Hurst, pp. | | | His argument was an inadvertent concession of Jesus’ existence, and power. | | | The religion of Jesus Christ stands or falls upon the events of history. |
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| | Christian CADRE — The Historical Jesus |
| | Subtitled “A Criticism of the Contention that Jesus Never Lived, a Statement of the Evidence for his Existence, an Estimate of His Relation to Christianity,” this book was written by Shirley Case of the University of Chicago. | | | J.P. Holding examines the far-fetched claim that Jesus was based on Buddha. | | | Historical Jesus (Part 2): The Testimonium of Flavius Josephus |
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