Posted: Feb 13, 2012 3:27 pm
archibald wrote:proudfootz wrote:
Good luck getting anyone to fill in these blanks.
Apparently Jesus was the One and Only.
As He is in so many ways....
Well, maybe it doesn't entirely qualify, but there is mention in Josephus of one (Menahem ben Judah) who was killed by rival Jewish zealots?
And another one (Theudas) who was executed by the Romans, though not described as betrayed.
Now, maybe Menahem ben Judah and Theudas don't have enough historiography to qualify for 'probably existed' either.
Theudas was NOT a Messianic claimant he was a MAGICIAN.
Antiquities of the Jews 20
1. NOW it came to pass, while Fadus was procurator of Judea, that a certain magician, whose name was Theudas, (9) persuaded a great part of the people to take their effects with them, and follow him to the river Jordan...
The HJ argument appears to be fueled by a massive amount of erroneous and mis-leading information.