From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!sri-unix!hss
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: Historical References to Jesus - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5472
Posted: Tue Apr  5 02:39:20 1983
Received: Wed Apr  6 05:26:32 1983

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sri-unix!hss    Apr  4 13:34:00 1983

In the interest of informed debate, it should be noted that Justin
Martyr and Tertullian were both noted Christian apologists. They
were not exactly unbiased historians. 

In addition, I find it odd that Tactitus, (a noted historian who seems
to have hated Tiberius Caesar with a passion) and Seutonius (who
loved gossip) could have missed Justin's and Tertullian's juicy tale
about how Tiberius Caesar was impressed by the story of Christ. Besides,
Seutonius tells us that Tiberius was not a religious man.

The other early references to Jesus can be easily debunked if you
go beyond Josh McDowell and do a little research in the library.
Unfortunately, that seems to be something beyond most of McDowell's 
readers.

			Harry Sameshima