In Search of the Historical Jesus. Judea - Galilee

Two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom of God to the people. With his appearance, a new world religion was born. This event determined the entire course of history. Today, nearly every third inhabitant of the planet considers themselves a follower of Jesus. But what do we know about the founder of this religion? Who was Jesus? He lived in the Holy Land, led his disciples, preached divine truths, but left no trace on the tablets of history. There are no writings attributed to him; the direct testimonies of eyewitnesses to those events are also unknown. They are only narrated in the Gospels, written much later. Modern theologians and historians face a daunting task — they need to reconstruct the historical path of Jesus, the crucified leader of a small Palestinian community of religious dissidents. Archaeologists are expected to perform a similar feat. For historians, this is an understandable situation. Just as the life of Jesus cannot be documented, the life of almost any person from the ancient era cannot be documented either. Any archaeological finds related to Jesus are dubious and contentious. So what about Jesus — is he a fictional hero or a real person? To learn what modern science thinks about this, the situation and religious atmosphere in Israel during his time, and what he offered as a historical figure, read this book.