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Kaleva

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38. Being written down is no guarantee that it will not be lost to history

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 01:26 PM

Apr 2019

Alexander the Great was a pretty famous fella and one would think there'd be a wealth of first hand accounts written by people who knew Alexander but there is little as just a few fragments ind inscriptions survive.

Much of what we know about Herod the Great comes from one source and that is Josephus who was born some 41 years after Herod died.

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The evidence that Jesus ever existed is weaker than you might think [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2019 OP

I think people are asking the wrong question Kaleva Apr 2019 #1

Someone with a messianic claim performing miracles would have been noticed Major Nikon Apr 2019 #27

Being written down is no guarantee that it will not be lost to history Kaleva Apr 2019 #38

The examples you gave were not lost to history Major Nikon Apr 2019 #42

There may not have been any contemporaneous accounts of Jesus because he was deemed unimportant Kaleva Apr 2019 #43

Not sure where your supposed information comes from Major Nikon Apr 2019 #44

I used to think he didn't exist. James48 Apr 2019 #2

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Why? Kaleva Apr 2019 #4

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