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To late some other scholar has already corrected his mistake to bad it would require a lobotomy to correct yours. Go read a book about Tuscany and dream about being a historian.
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We appreciate your concern. It is noted and stupid.
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The BS ends before I decide to start yanking posting permissions.
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Mountain Man
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B. S. stopped. carry on. Not one to be a problem. Just figured from the way things looked that it was the Norm. The label made it out to be a free fire zone.
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http://www.crutchercpa.com/jesusdescription.htm The descriptions here are based on translations in 'The Archko Volume' (Archaeological writings of the Sanheidrim & the Talmuds of the Judeans). These are court documents of the Judeans at the time of Christ. The letter writen by Publis Lentilus to Tiberius is also mentioned here. They are the only documents that describe Jesus.
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"There lives at this time in Judea a man of singular virtue whose name is Jesus Christ..."
This could be a translation error, but I greatly doubt that any (especially Roman) contemporaries of Jesus who are relating the story of "this guy who does a lot of preaching around here" would refer to him as "Christ". That last letter basically reads like "Dear Caesar: The messiah has been hanging out around here lately. He's pretty sexy, too.".
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"I am afraid John will hurt me if I try anything."
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The letter atributed to Publius has been the subject of much controversy. Its use as a guide to artist and printers led to debate as to whether it came from a reliable source. The atypical appearance of Jesus was one of the things that drew the attention of so many. The sterotype that most people accept of how a Jew should look is based on the appearance of the average person of that faith and region today. The Discovery channel recreation fails on that account. The Discovery Channel has pulled so many boners lately that its credability is in question. It all comes down to the fact that people see what they want to see. Those with no real interest accept whatever seems to be the consensus of opinion.
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I greatly doubt that any (especially Roman) contemporaries of Jesus who are relating the story of "this guy who does a lot of preaching around here" would refer to him as "Christ".
Unless, of course, that's what he heard someone else call him...
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Except that they'd refer to him by another word in another language that isn't likely to translate as "Christ." MAYBE "The anointed one," in latin, if you're LUCKY. 'Christ' isn't a proper name like 'Smith' or 'Jones.' In fact, back then it was rare for anybody but royalty to have a "last" name.
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