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Basically the proof FOR Jesus's exsistance can be found in the follow
sources:

Cornelius Tacitus (Annals), Celsus (The True Word), Suetonius (The Lives
of the Ceasars), Pliny the Younger (Letters), Thallus (Lost Work),
Flavius Josephus (The Antiquities of the Jews), The Talmund, and the
Bible itself.

We'll go over these one at a time:

Cornelius Tacitus (55-120 A.D.) wrote in his annals the following quote:
"Christians derived their name and origin from Christ, who, in the reign
of Tiberius, had suffered death by the sentence of the procurator
Pontius Pilate" - (Annals 15.44)

     Problems: Scholars widely accept this as a Christian interpolation.
               Pilate is refered to as a procurator - He was a Prefect -
               A totally different title.  He refers to the man as
               "Christus" which means "Annointed One" or "Messiah" - NOT
               as Jesus which would have been required to name someone
               by their NAME instead of their TITLE.  It is unlikely
               that Tacitus would have found reference to a Messiah in
               Roman Records.

Celsus wrote in "The True Word" which was written about 178 A.D.  The
historicity of Jesus is presupposed.  Celsus's account agrees closely
with the stories of Jesus found in Talmudic literature, which probably
were its major source.

     Problems: The time that this was written was at least a hundred
               years too late for it to be a considered source.  Since
               the writings agree with Talmunic literature it was most
               likely a copy but it is almost surely a forgery or
               writings based on oral tradition and not fact.

Suetonius (69-122 A.D.) wrote in "The Lives of the Ceasars" around 120
A.D.  He mentions an agitator named "Chrestus"  - "Since the Jews
constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus..."  The
passage has been used to confirm the historicity of Jesus but it is
unlikely that it refers to Jesus.

     Problems: Many scholars maintain that it is likely that Suetonius
               is not referring to Jesus at all but to some messianic
               Jewish agitator named "Chrestus".  We know on independent
               grounds that there were Jewish mesianic groups in Rome at
               this time.  Other scholars have suggested that perhaps
               because of the sameness of the two words Suetonius
               wrongly was led to believe that the rioters were
               Christians.  But even if he was referring to Christian
               rioters, this hardly provides any evidence for the
               historicity of Jesus.

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