The term historical Jesus refers to the life and teachings of Jesus as interpreted through critical historical methods, in contrast to traditionally religious interpretations. It considers the histori
An 11th-century Byzantine manuscript containing the opening of the Gospel of Luke
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768) studied the historical Jesus
Albert Schweitzer, whose book coined the phrase Quest [for] the Historical Jesus
The Pilate Stone from Caesarea Maritima, now at the Israel Museum
There are numerous sources, beginning in the first century, that have information about Jesus of Nazareth. There is a general consensus that there was a historical Jesus of Nazareth who lived in first
Historical Jesus
…scholarly consensus: his baptism and his crucifixion. Reconstructions of the historical Jesus are based on the Pauline epistles and the gospels, while several non-biblical sources also support his historical existence. Since the 18th century, three separate scholarly quests for the historical Jesus have taken place, each with…
A 1540 copy of Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
A page from Sanhedrin in the 12th century Reuchlin Codex Talmud
A page from 2 Corinthians in Papyrus 46, c. 200 AD