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Originally Posted by buzzy
No, not the bible. Historians and Scholars.
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Historians and scholars study the Bible and Bible-related books (Talmud...etc).
It's very hard to study something that never existed (the life of Jesus Christ), you know.
Look at this Wikipedia entry manipulated by the Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
Earliest known sources
Christian writings, Gospels, Pauline Epistles...etc.
Greco-Roman sources
Romans
Jewish records
Talmud
VERY CREDIBLE SOURCES lol
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Most scholars in the fields of biblical studies and history agree that Jesus was a Jewish teacher from Galilee who was regarded as a healer, was baptized by John the Baptist, was accused of sedition against the Roman Empire, and on the orders of Roman Governor Pontius Pilate was sentenced to death by crucifixion. A very small minority argue that Jesus never existed as a historical figure, but was a purely symbolic or mythical figure syncretized from various non-Abrahamic deities and heroes
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I would edit and say "most CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM/JEWISH scholars", religious people study religion, they will never claim that they believe in a myth
In Israel, the secular population is a majority but a minority of Yeshiva goers and fanatics decide what can be said or not about Judaism.