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Question: Is Tacitus's mention of Jesus in "Annals" a reliable confirmation of the historical Jesus?
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Weak no		  
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Strong no		  
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« on: February 13, 2012, 03:55:45 PM »
Weak yes.  It certainly indicates that there was a Jesus, but it can't be used to say anything about what he was like because we have no way of knowing what the source of his information was.
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