ManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgimagemessage-square167linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square167linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSure, there were lots of guys named Jesus. It was a very common name at the time. Like trying to prove that all of the “Mike” stories in the 80s refer to the one true Michael (Mike Tyson, of course).
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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHow many? I don’t know, ask the historians who say it was a common name at the time, with dozens of graves of dead guys named Jesus at the time of Jesus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus The Hebrew/Aramaic name was common among Judean Jews at the time of Jesus’s birth,[32]
Sure, there were lots of guys named Jesus. It was a very common name at the time.
Like trying to prove that all of the “Mike” stories in the 80s refer to the one true Michael (Mike Tyson, of course).
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How many? I don’t know, ask the historians who say it was a common name at the time, with dozens of graves of dead guys named Jesus at the time of Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus