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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There were hundreds of men named Jesus, it was a popular name during that time. Also, prophets were everywhere. So it stands to reason there was probably a prophet named Jesus during that time period. The "Jesus" talked about in the Bible? Lol nah.

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do you think is more likely: disciples telling taller and taller tales after their master died that spun out into the Bible after a while, or a mythological preacher being invented a few decades after his death?

From what I understand, the consensus view of historians is that Moses and the exodus is probably wholly legendary - there's no archeological evidence of the exodus and the Torah was written 500+ years after the events supposedly happened.

By contrast, the earliest sources for Jesus are from within a century of his death. It's way more likely that we have a mythologized story of a real preacher named Jesus than that we have a wholly legendary story.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

First, there is no consensus, a fairly small group of mostly religious historians believe that.

Second I gave you, by far, the most likely answer.