Did Jesus Really Exist? | Richard Carrier on Paul, Josephus and the Historical Jesus

Did Jesus really exist? And what evidence would convince a sceptic that he did?

In this episode, I catch up with historian Dr Richard Carrier, who returns to the LogosLeaper Podcast to discuss the evidence for the historical Jesus and respond to arguments raised by Professor Helen Bond and Professor Mark Goodacre.

Topics discussed include:

• What evidence would convince Carrier that Jesus existed?

• Was James really the biological brother of Jesus?

• Paul's letters and the earthly teachings of Jesus

• Josephus, the Testimonium Flavianum and Christian interpolations

• Carrier's response to T. C. Schmidt's recent scholarship

• Did Mark's Gospel draw upon Paul's letters?

• The lost library at Herculaneum and the possibility of new historical evidence

• The reliability of English Bible translations

Dr Richard Carrier is an ancient historian and author specialising in early Christianity, ancient history and the historical Jesus. His books include On the Historicity of Jesus and The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus.

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