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>there are several examples of false resurrections being exposed. Like what? Resurrection was not a Jewish Messianic expectation, so there's no reason Pilate would have thought it would be faked. A claim of resurrection would have meant nothing to the Jews, so why worry about a hoax? Why didn't Mark...

You know better than that, Roger. You know the scholarship. Funny how you have no hesitation appealing to majority scholarship when it suits you, but ignore it when it's inconvenient.

This new hypothesis is interesting, but not generally accepted. What is certain is that nobody noticed this "extensive use" for two millennia. A little scepticism is in order here. This isn't much of an argument. Critical scholarship is relatively new. The Josephan influence is not a &quo...

Have you read Josephus? Have you read Acts of the Apostles?!! Yes and Yes. Josephus probably says nothing about Christians at all. Acts is 2nd Century fiction. You're probably thinking of Tacitus and the alleged scapegoating of Christians for the fire of Rome. This is a possible example of a locali...

Richard Carrier actually makes a pretty good argument for interpolation in this case Actually, it is a very bad argument (about Josephus writing initially "the brother of Jesus, James by name"): http://historical-jesus.sosblogs.com/Historical-Jesus-Blo-b1/33-Comments-on-Josephus-Antiquiti...

Josephus is very clear about the Sanhedrin being illegally convened in A.D. 62 for the purpose of eliminating the Christian leadership in Jerusalem. Josephus says nothing remotely of the kind. Josephus also placed the ex-High Priest Ismael squarely in Rome in A.D. 62, and it is not a stretch to see...

The Gospels all say that the specific Roman charge was pretending to be the King of The Jews. As an aside here, what do we know about the inscriptions supposedly attached to crosses? If they were indeed meant to indicate the crime being punished is there any evidence that the executioners engaged i...

Have you read Josephus? Have you read Acts of the Apostles?!! Yes and Yes. Josephus probably says nothing about Christians at all. Acts is 2nd Century fiction. You're probably thinking of Tacitus and the alleged scapegoating of Christians for the fire of Rome. This is a possible example of a locali...

"The guards were placed at the tomb because the Judeans feared the disciples of Jesus would attempt to steal his body and further deceive the people." once the body goes missing everyone forgets that the deciples stole the christian god, “They could find nothing as to how to punish them.”...

Yiu can't compare what the Jews did during a revolt to normal practice during an occupation.