Historical Jesus.

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JesusMysteries , " dingopl " <dingopl wrote:

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> JesusMysteries , " Jay Raskin " <jayraskin1@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I just finished reading " The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave "

> (Eds.

> > Robert M. Price and Jeffery Jay Lowder). I highly recommend it,

> > especially for the loads of information it gives about 1st

century

> > Jewish burial customs.

> >

> > However, it does seem to me that a number of the writers agree

with

> > the evangelics who take the story element of the empty tomb as

> giving

> > us a limited set of choices. They suggest only four

possibilities

> for

> > Jesus' body: 1) Jesus' body was eaten by wild animals, 2)

> dishonorably

> > buried, 3)stolen by disciples and reburied, or 4)Resurrection.

They

> > propose that the disciples reburying or stealing the body are

more

> > realistic alternatives than resurrection. I find this

whole " what-

> > happened-to-the-body " line of argument disturbing because it

> assumes

> > an historical Jesus character. If we are dealing with a fictional

> > story then what would happen to an actual body does not enter

into

> the

> > picture at all.

>

> Hi there,

>

> Using Occam's Razor.

>

> Based on records at the Jagganath Temple in Puri, were Jesus

visited

> and stayed, there is probably an historical Jesus.

>

> Secondly presuming Jesus was probably a Raja Yogi, the so called

> resurrection is the most likely solution to the disappearance of

the

> body. Death is a relative term in the extreme....D.Paul.

>

Hey there,

 

This is an interesting site and reference to the above mentioned

Sankaracharya of Jagganath. He was a 'discoverer' of Vedic

Mathematics and a well renowned author and teacher. He wouldn't be

given to telling lies about what he read about Jesus' visit and stay

at the temple.

http://tinyurl.com/ckx9e

 

One thing that would improve the scholarship on this site is

expanding the horizons and parameters of study. Dismissing Jesus

from existing based on middle eastern and roman texts is quite

narrow. One should take into account the Indian evidence of his

existence, and why for example the Thomas Church was amongst the

first in the world. The body of literature was far superior and

vastly greater than any that existed in the middle east at that

time. Just one Vedic book is equal to the total bible and there are

hundreds of them.......The discussion on here seems to be within a

very limited wall........I could be wrong but that is my impression.

There seems to nothing new, just repeats--sorry........