Existence....

[lemonbeam]

Are there any non-biased historians who have records of Jesus’ existence to be real?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DavidFilmer]

Are there any non-biased historians who have records of Jesus’ existence to be real?

I believe the earliest reference to Jesus by a non-Christian historian was by Flavius Josephus, a First Century Jewish historian.

In his book, Antiquities, Josephus makes two references to Jesus. One of these is disputed by historians, but the other is accepted by almost everybody.

In this second passage, Josephus describes the trial and execution of St. James the Just, who he describes as “the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ.”

You may read the works of Josephus at Project Gutenberg:
gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a1050

 

[chris_molter]

Are there any non-biased historians who have records of Jesus’ existence to be real?

Thanks in advance.

Perhaps you should start by asking “Are there any non-biased historians?”

 

[Fox]

Josephus, Tacticus, Suetonius and Pliny the younger, Celsus, Lucian, Thallus have written things on Jesus or Nazareth. Even the Talmud Sanhedrin 43a mentions Christ’s influence.

 

[Maranatha]

I just finished a good book “The Christians as the Romans Saw Them” which reviews extant non-Christian literature to draw a picture of early Christianity from the viewpoint of prevailing culture of the day. I highly recommend it.