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[quote name="laudablepuss"]The overwhelming consensus is he was a real dude, like Zoroaster or Mohammed. Here's a book I have within reach that I'll just quote at you. [quote name="Jesus Christ: The Jesus of History, the Christ of Faith by J. R. Porter"]There are a number of early references to Jesus in non-Christian writings. For example, the Roman historian Tacitus . . . relates that the emperor Nero blamed the great fire of Rome in 64 CE on the "Christians" who took their name from "Christus." He had been executed by "one of our procurators," Pilate, but his "pernicious superstition" had survived and spread to Rome. Suetonius . . . refers to Jews causing trouble at the prompting of "Chrestus" under Claudius. Jesus is also described in a famous passage in the <i>Antiquities</i> of the Jewish historian Josephus. Statements such as "He was the Messiah" have led to the dismissal of the entire passage as a Christian interpolation. But stripping out the more obviously Christian words produces a plausible original: Jesus was "a wise man" who "did surprising things"; "a teacher" who "won over" many Jews and Greeks. He was crucified by Pilate at the instigation "of men of the highest standing among us."[/quote][/quote]