I read this book many, many years ago. I found the proposed theory interesting. I am not saying that I believe it.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The fact that the Romans crucified people is indisputable.

    If Jesus of Nazareth existed, there is no reason to believe he was actually crucified (and it would have been a weird thing to do for violating Mosaic law since Jews didn’t do that) and he certainly wasn’t resurrected.

    Remember, none of the Gospels were written during Jesus’ lifetime and Mark, the earliest, was written decades later at best and the other gospels copy a lot from it. On top of that, the canon was established by committee centuries later.

    So there is simply no reason to assume Jesus was crucified and there is some reason to believe that, if he existed, he wouldn’t have been.