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    I think Ophir's got the right idea here but just in case anyone actually believes that any Jerome's claims have any credence I figured I should pipe in.

    So to (briefly) address your points,

    1)What is your question? You didn't actually ask anything.

    2) You make the claim that Nazareth did not exist at the time of Jesus. This is simply not true.

    From: http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=13&article=3579

    "The town of Nazareth is “located in the southern end of the hills of Lower Galilee at about 1200 feet above sea level” (McRay, 1991, p. 157). Nazareth is about four miles southwest of Sepphoris. During the time of Christ, Sepphoris was the capital of Galilee, a major center of political and economical activity, and home of Herod Antipas (DeVries, 1997, p. 318). Primary research was done on the city in the mid-1950s by Bellarmino Bagatti. He discovered that the village during the time of Jesus was “an agricultural settlement with numerous winepresses, olive presses, caves for storing grain, and cisterns for water and wine” (1969, p. 25). McRay noted that pottery found in Nazareth dates “from Iron Age II (900-600 B.C.) to the Byzantine period (330-640), including Roman pieces from the time of Christ” (p. 158). Bagatti stated: The entire village of Nazareth has very many subterranean cavities, some used as stores, some used as tombs. The earliest documentation is indicated both by their form and the ceramics found therein. The latter put us in the presence of tombs already existing in the Middle Bronze Period, and silos already in use in the Iron Period (1969, p. 25).

    The article continues at the link, though I suspect you won't read it.

    You then proceed to have a go at Josephus and though again you didn't pose a specific question, it is greatly implied that you were claiming Jesus didn't exist. Of course Josephus is only one of many extra-Biblical sources for the existence of Jesus anyway so I'm not sure what your point is. I also see no good reason for discounting the Biblical anyway, at least not if you're objective in any way.

    But to address the "Jesus didn't exist crowd" (funny how this one pops up every 10 15 years, gets discredited and goes away for another 10 - 15 years. )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4s_u3h370I&feature=player_embedded

    These are just quick responses, as I said at the start, Ophir had the right idea in that trying to present facts and logic in these debates is pretty much pointless so I wont bother with it too much. My point for others is that these internet myths are easily dealt with with about 5 minutes of googling and I haven't met a challenge in 30 years that been able to stand up to a bit of scrutiny.



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