| − | The '''historicity of Jesus''' concerns the so-called ‘debate’ over whether [[Jesus]] existed as a real historical person, or whether he is simply a mythological imagination. This article will show that the evidence for the existence of Jesus overwhelming. Hence, there is simply no debate amongst historians on the matter. In other words, for someone to argue that Jesus never existed (and thus is merely a myth) is to place himself against not only the field of scholarship and the historical record, but even against reason and common sense. | + | The '''historicity of Jesus''' focuses on whether [[Jesus]] existed as a real historical person, or whether he is simply a mythological imagination. This article will show that the evidence for the existence of Jesus overwhelming. In other words, for someone to argue that Jesus never existed (and thus is merely a myth) is to place himself against not only the field of scholarship and the historical record, but even against reason and common sense. |