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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Many people still point to Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews which mentions Jesus and James as proof they existed, even though most scholars now attribute those mentions to additions by monks much later who wanted it to be so, rather than being in the original version.
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No, there are multiple sources about Jesus as a person and not created by monks.
The historical existence isn't in doubt, only the dramatic claims as to the identity of the man can be contested and obviously the Resurrection. Orthodox Jews accept the historicity, not the claim of being [the son of] God.
Julius Caesar and other Romans wrote stuff about Keltoi (European Celts, called Gauls by the Romans) that Greeks and some Romans didn't agree with. He also assumed all Gods were just renamed Greek/Roman ones. Which annoyed everyone else.
It's true the victors write most history.