Is it historicity or myth ?

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Giuseppe
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Is it historicity or myth ?

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I would ask a question for all the readers of this thread.

Imagine that the Origins were the following:

1) During a night, Peter had a revelation by the Risen Christ, who told him that he was crucified recently by Romans in incognito.

2) the day after, on the morning, Peter did knew that Pilate had killed some Jews by fun.

3) Peter made the connection between the anonymous Jew X crucified by Pilate and the Risen Christ.

And the rest is history.

My question is: given the Carrier's definition of minimal historicity, where do you put this possible scenario precisely?


Do you put in red the following requisite as not satisfied by the premises above ?
1. An actual man at some point named Jesus acquired followers in life who continued as an identifiable movement after his death.
2. This is the same Jesus who was claimed by some of his followers to have been executed by the Jewish or Roman authorities.
3. This is the same Jesus some of whose followers soon began worshiping as a living god (or demigod).
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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