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Which atheists claim this? I doubt there are many informed atheists who doubt the historical existence of Jesus of Nazareth.
The name '''Jesus''' is simply the name "Joshua" translated first into Greek, then English. In Christian discourse, the name '''Jesus''' almost always refers specifically to '''Jesus of Nazareth,''' God's son, who came to Earth as a human c 2 AD. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201:18-25;&version=31;</ref> The life of Jesus is recorded in the Bible in the [[Gospel]]s of [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John]]. According to the Gospels, Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and three days later He rose from the dead.
The name '''Jesus''' is simply the name "Joshua" translated first into Greek, then English. In Christian discourse, the name '''Jesus''' almost always refers specifically to '''Jesus of Nazareth,''' believed by Christian followers to be God's son, who came to earth as a human c 2 AD. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201:18-25;&version=31;</ref> The life of Jesus is recorded in the Bible in the [[Gospel]]s of [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John]]. According to the Gospels, Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and three days later he rose from the dead.
The first time John saw Jesus, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!"
The first time John saw Jesus, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!"
<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:29&version=31;</ref>
<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:29&version=31;</ref>
==Other people in the Bible named "Jesus"==
==Other people in the Bible named "Jesus"==
The author of ''Ecclesiastius,'' a book which Catholics include in the Douay Bible, but Protestants place in the Apocrypha, is known as ''Jesus of Sira.''
The author of ''Ecclesiastius,'' a book which Catholics include in the Douay Bible, but Protestants place in the Apocrypha, is known as ''Jesus of Sira.''
==Jesus Outside the Bible==
==The Historical Jesus==
Many atheists claim that there is no evidence of Jesus outside the Bible, but few scholars take this seriously. In fact, the historical evidence for Jesus is better than that of many historical personalities like Caesar, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Cleopatra, Socrates, and many others. For example, Tacitus, the Roman historian, wrote about Jesus in 115 A.D. <ref>http://www.digisys.net/users/ddalton/evidence_of_jesus_outside_the_bible.htm</ref>. Even Josephus, a Jewish historian who did not believe in Jesus' divinity, wrote about Him. <ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/jesusref.html</ref>.
Many atheists claim that there is no evidence of Jesus outside the Bible,{{fact}} but few scholars take this seriously. In fact, the historical evidence for Jesus is better than that of many historical personalities like Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, and Socrates, and many others. For example, Tacitus, the Roman historian, wrote about Jesus in 115 A.D. <ref>http://www.digisys.net/users/ddalton/evidence_of_jesus_outside_the_bible.htm</ref>. Even Josephus, a Jewish historian who did not believe in Jesus' divinity, wrote about Him. <ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/jesusref.html</ref>.
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