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I don't think there's any serious historian who doubts the existence of Jesus. There are a lot of people who want to write sensational books and make a lot of money who say Jesus didn't exist. But I don't know any serious scholar who doubts the existence of Jesus.

— Bart D. Ehrman

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Paul knows one of [Jesus's] brothers personally. It is hard to get much closer to the historical Jesus than that. If Jesus never lived, you would think that his brother would know about it.

Did Jesus Exist? (2012)

Judas's act of "betrayal" is in fact his faithful obedience to Jesus' will.

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot (2006)

Historians can establish only what probably happened in the past, but miracles, by their very nature, are always the least probable explanation for what happened.

Jesus, Interrupted (2009)

Even though Jesus may be the only miracleworking Son of God that people know about today, there were lots of people like this in the ancient world.

How Jesus Became God (2014)

The use of deception to promote the truth may well be considered one of the most unsettling ironies of the early Christian tradition.

Forged (2011)

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Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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