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Phlegon

Genus of insects

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Dec 20, 2025
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What non‑Christian ancient sources mention Jesus and how do historians assess their reliability?

Scholars point to a small cluster of non‑Christian ancient sources that mention Jesus — most notably the Jewish historian Josephus and the Roman historian Tacitus — and judge them useful for confirmin...

Jan 29, 2026
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Do any ancient Greek or Roman writers mention Jesus' empty tomb?

No surviving ancient Greek or Roman pagan author is known to record or attest to the specific claim that ’ tomb was found empty; the appears in Christian sources—the four Gospels and the fragmentary G...