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Did Jesus Even Exist?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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The Importance of Grandeur in the History of Jesus

Is it still possible that Jesus was a decent person in light of his inflated claims about himself? I'm not sure how many inflated claims Jesus made about himself. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus doesn't say much at all about himself. He does say that he's going to go to Jerusalem and be rejected by the scribes and elders and be executed and then raised from the dead. But it's not clear that's what the historical Jesus said.

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