Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 12:34 PM 12/24/2004, you wrote:

> Jim West wrote:
> >
> > as to Nehemiah- he's as fictional as Moses and Abraham; and fictional
> > people don't write books, they are the subject of them.
>
>
> and why not add Jesus to the list of fictional people who are the subject of
> books?
> Oh, yes, I know, you *need* to have Jesus be historical, but since you don't
> need anyone else, we can dispense with them all.

Not actually. He is well attested in multiple sources both Biblical and 
extra-biblical.

Jim


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