On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 31 March 2008 17:16, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 3/28/2008 -0300, Helio W. wrote: > > >He doesn't indicate other sources, documents, etc. He just mention > Jesus, > > >respectfully like any evangelist would do. > > >Probably his "citation" of Jesus is an interpolation. > > > > Josephus was actually a fairly strong source in regards to historical > facts > > (in areas of Jewish and Roman history). Pretty much the primary > criticism > > of him is how he treated certain topics: it appeared he altered the > "tone" > > of relating events to gain favor with the Romans. > > > > >Why there's no historical evidence, from different sources, of Jesus' > life > > >at the time he was persecuted and killed? All there is what was written > > >60-70 years later, suspiciously from the same time when Paul started > his > > >preaching - biblical sources. > > Hi Charlie! > > It was not easy to write in those days prior to Leland's $8 spell checker. > I > think the then current existence of four active authors (they were not > collected into the New Testament until much later) would be a disincentive > for other authors. Can anyone recognize a crowded field? > -- > I thought that there were a few versions of the Gospels we know of today as well as other Gospels that were discounted and not considered part of the official set of texts. So the leaders of the church took it upon themselves to set the story straight. - Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
