DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
Agree. That a Jewish teacher named Jesus lived in first-century Galilee and was crucified under Pilate is accepted by virtually all historians of the period, religious and secular alike. What he said and did is debated; that he existed is not.
Why it’s interesting
It's worth seeing where the honest lines fall in both directions: scholarship questions authorship and dating, and it also firmly affirms a historical Jesus. Rigor cuts every way, not just the surprising one.
Scholarly consensus
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.