Are there any written histories that corroborate the existence of a rabble rousing Jewish rabbi named Jesus?

Or of a name and lineage that corresponds with the Bible stories?

Are there any written histories that corroborate the existence of a rabble rousing Jewish rabbi named Jesus?
The only seemingly contemporary accounts were added to existing histories much later - so No, there aren't


See:


http://rationalrevolution.net/articles/j...
Reply:The so called New Testements of the Bible are the only account of the Life of Jesus. That said, the mere fact that the testements reflect the views of four primary and several secondary sources (there are other 'Gospels' they were simply not given the star spot but exist as 'extras'), that counts as a 'preponderance' of evidence but yes one would think it odd that some neutral Roman did not jot down the tale (s)...





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Reply:Yeshua was and still is a very common name amongst Jews, so any mention of someone with the name could have been tens of thousands at the time.





As for rabbis, they only came into existence after the temple was destroyed. So during Jesus time there were no rabbis.
Reply:Some scholars argue (although many also dispute) that Josephus in his ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS mentions Jesus twice, although Origen, one of the greatest of the early theologians, claimed Josephus said no such thing. There are some very good articles on the Web on the topic.
Reply:Iinteresting question. Jesus was a fairly common name at the time and there were were several rabbis (that doesn't look right - how do you pluralize rabbi?) named Jesus.