Posted: May 09, 2012 10:43 am
IgnorantiaNescia wrote:angelo wrote:There is the fact that the Testimonium didn't appear until Eusubious wrote about it in the third century. Before this time there is silence on it from various other christian writings. Had the Test. been in existence, don't you think they would have mentioned it? Especially since every scrap of evidence for their Jesus was grasped with both hands.
No, since no early opponents ever denied Jesus existence it is unlikely that they would have had any use for the uninterpolated Testimonium. But only after it was interpolated did it become a useful "authority" for Christians to cite. So this theory does not succeed.
Depends at how one looks at it. I see it as proof that Eusebius [father of christian church history ] forged it.