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Did Jesus Even Exist?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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The Importance of Jesus in the Ancient World

Is it odd that we don't have contemporary references to Jesus? So even if most people were illiterate, would we not expect the Roman authorities to write about him? He must have been this much of an important person in the ancient world as well. It just kind of makes common sense to us that if somebody is an important figure, they'll make the newspapers and the newspapers will be around for centuries.

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