Biblical Quote by Bart D. Ehrman

Jesus existed, and those vocal persons who deny it do so not because they have considered the evidence with the dispassionate eye of the…

— Bart D. Ehrman

I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting on the…

— Earl Doherty

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

— Reza Aslan

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.

— John Shelby Spong

About six years ago, Life magazine ran an article on the historicity of Jesus and I was floored to find that they conceded the…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Today nearly all historians, whether Christians or not, accept that Jesus existed and that the Gospels contain plenty of valuable evidence which has to…

— Graham Stanton

Today nearly all historians, whether Christians or not, accept that Jesus existed.

— Graham Stanton

Our reasons for believing Jesus existed and also that He was who He claimed to be - the God who came down - are…

— Greg Koukl

There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers, during his…

— Dan Barker

Why so many mentions regarding Jesus from such a wide variety of sources (Pliny, Tacitus, Lucian, Josephus, to name a few)? Because Jesus of…

— Greg Koukl

Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.

— Bertrand Russell