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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Presumably none of the group around Jesus ever kept diaries, so at what stage did the oral tradition become writing, and in that time-line how much of what was remembered is really what happened.
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What I think about is-- look at all the rumors and legends that quickly cropped up after the deaths of Elvis, JFK, Hitler (not a Godwin) and so many other famously dead. All of them survive their death and go into hiding somewhere, where they are/were occasionally sited. Complete distortions and misrememberings and utter fabrications start days after an event (if not minutes) so imagine what can happen in a century, in a time without photographs and newspapers and television to make any tangible record of an event.