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Evans’ study of the historical Jesus has led him to seek all kinds of ancient sources related to Christ. This course is a result of that study, focusing on the evidence from extrabiblical sources and seeing what they reveal about the life of Christ. Examine works by Roman and Jewish writers, and even invocations of Jesus’ name in pagan incantations, and discover what these works can tell us about...

Christians still worship the man who was crucified in Palestine, because he introduced this new cult into the world.” It’s an interesting statement. In fact, he says anaskolopizō for crucify instead of stauroō or anastauroō, which is the usual word for “crucifixion” that we encounter in the New Testament and early Christian writings. His knowledge of what happened to Jesus seems to be independent of Christian scriptures.
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