# In the mid-20th century, one of the few "authorities" to assert that Jesus as a myth was a Soviet Encyclopedia.<ref>http://www.bede.org.uk/books,jmyth.htm</ref> Wikipedia currently writes in its article on [[Jesus]] the following: "A small number of scholars and authors question the historical existence of Jesus, with some arguing for a completely mythological Jesus."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus</ref> Now it is certainly true that a small amount of scholars assert this matter but it is also true that it is a minuscule amount of scholars and none of them are historians, which Wikipedia fails to mention. And what does Wikipedia offer in regards to a mythological Jesus that never existed? It offers an article entitled "Jesus as myth."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus_as_myth&action=history</ref> Wikipedia would be hard pressed to cite a reputable encyclopedia which prominently cites in its Jesus article a statement like its claim that "A small number of scholars and authors question the historical existence of Jesus, with some arguing for a completely mythological Jesus." What reputable encyclopedia other than Wikipedia has such unscholarly claims that Jesus never existed? | # In the mid-20th century, one of the few "authorities" to assert that Jesus as a myth was a Soviet Encyclopedia.<ref>http://www.bede.org.uk/books,jmyth.htm</ref> Wikipedia currently writes in its article on [[Jesus]] the following: "A small number of scholars and authors question the historical existence of Jesus, with some arguing for a completely mythological Jesus."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus</ref> Now it is certainly true that a small amount of scholars assert this matter but it is also true that it is a minuscule amount of scholars and none of them are historians, which Wikipedia fails to mention. And what does Wikipedia offer in regards to a mythological Jesus that never existed? It offers an article entitled "Jesus as myth."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus_as_myth&action=history</ref> Wikipedia would be hard pressed to cite a reputable encyclopedia which prominently cites in its Jesus article a statement like its claim that "A small number of scholars and authors question the historical existence of Jesus, with some arguing for a completely mythological Jesus." What reputable encyclopedia other than Wikipedia has such unscholarly claims that Jesus never existed? |