Archaeology of the New Testament

[Into the Night]

You must have posted this to the wrong person because I have repeatedly stated Genesis is not historical biography nor witness accounts. Genesis 1 has the literary structure of Hebrew poetry.

Non-sequitur fallacy. You deny the Bible.

 

[Into the Night]

Neither are there of Alexander the Great, but never in your life have you ever questioned his historicity. The accounts we have of Alexander the Great were written four centuries after he died.

The question is about what does the evidence point too. The evidence points to the fact that the gospels were authored by eyewitnesses, or by people who interviewed the eyewitnesses.

I'm satisfied that previously in this thread you conceded that there is sufficient evidence to accept these are probably historical facts:

A Jewish rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth lived in first century Galilee.​

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He had a ministry and disciples.​

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He was arrested by the Sanhedrin, and executed by the Romans.​

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His students genuinely believed they saw him after the crucifixion.​

...and you deny the Bible, particularly the Old Testament.

 

[Into the Night]

As far as I know, none of the claims involved nonsensical stories about him performing miracles or coming back from the dead aft 3 days. If those claims existed, hopefully all reasonable people would question them.

What evidence points to that?

Yes.

Yes

Yes.

We know one person, Paul, believed that because there's sufficient evidence that we have Paul's writings.

We have no idea if anyone else actually believed they saw him alive after being killed.

There is. Go read it.

 

[Into the Night]

I don't watch professional wrestling, roller derby, or dodgeball. I only watch or play real sports.

Dodgeball is a real sport, Cyborg.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

What do you think was forged, NoName?

what do you think wasn't?