One of the primary arguments a prominent Jewish counter-missionary gave us for why we should leave Messianic Judaism is that Jesus was a copy of pagan myths and never existed as a historical figure. In this final video of the three-part series, we show why this argument is historically implausible based on what our sources tell us about first-century Jewish views of paganism and the fact that the early Jesus movement was a sect within Judaism.  

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Translations:  

The Wisdom of Solomon – NRSV 

1 Maccabees – NRSV 

Tacitus, Histories – https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Histories/5A*.html

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews – William Whiston (1987)  

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Is Jesus a Copy of Pagan gods? Testing the Logic | Part 1 

Jesus a Copy of Pagan gods? Testing the Sources | Part 2 

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Dr. Mike Licona, “Did the Early Christians BORROW from Pagan Myths?” 

Inspiring Philosophy, “Was Jesus a copycat Savior?”

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Mike Winger, “Jesus Wasn’t a Pagan God: Debunking Zeitgeist and Religulous”

Podcast episode: Capturing Christianity, Featuring Mary Jo Sharp 

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