Jesus and history

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There are several articles that relate to Jesus and history:

• Historical Jesus discusses historical perspectives on Jesus' life and critical forensic reconstructions of Jesus.

• Cultural and historical background of Jesus: discusses the cultural and historical background of Jesus. It examines the views of scholars and historians who use the New Testament, other Christian sources and other non-Christian sources as a means to gain a broader understanding of historical and New Testament events. It focuses specifically on the background to Jesus within the historical and cultural context, both of his period and the time leading up to that, as relevant to a better understanding and interpretation of acts and events ascribed to him.

• The Quest for the Historical Jesus describes the attempt, which began in the eighteenth century, to apply historical-critical methods to construct a biography of Jesus.

• Historicity of Jesus discusses whether Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, actually existed as a historical figure.

• Jesus as myth discusses the theory that Jesus is a fictional, syncretized figure

• Josephus on Jesus covers the debate of the authenticity of two references by first-century Jewish historian Josephus. These are the Testimonium Flavianum and a reference to Jesus, brother of James.

• Tacitus on Jesus: A reference to "Christus," as founder of Christianity.