>>803513Jesus was supposedly crucified between 30 and 40 CE. The Second Temple and Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans around 70 CE. The gospels were first written by Greek-speaking well-educated aristocratic Early Christians after 70 CE. Christian tradition attributes these gospels to the apostles of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, four of his twelve followers. But secular scholars of Early Christianity have no strong evidence that this was the case. The archeological evidence points to the gospels being written after Titus destroyed Jerusalem. The first non-Christian writers to talk about Christianity were Tacitus (Roman) and Josephus (a Jew adopted by Titus Flavius who wrote "Anitquities of the Jews"). Tacitus and Josephus were both writing after 70 CE and have very little to say about Christianity, but Tacitus mentions Christians causing trouble in the Roman empire, and Josephus mentions Jesus who was crucified.
Now if Jesus was a real historical person, his name would have been Yeshua, not Jesus. He would have spoken Aramaic, not Hebrew or Latin. If he were really a traveling preacher and carpenter from Galilee he would have been seen as a bit of a rural bumpkin by the people in Jerusalem where he was crucified. It is unlikely he or his 12 followers were literate, which explains the gospels being passed down as oral tradition until they were written decades later. He was he would have been one of several Messiah claimants at the time. It was not uncommon for Jewish men to claim to be the Messiah. What makes Jesus unique is that he was not a military messiah. most messiahs claimants preached against Roman occupation, and many even took up arms. There was a Rebellion led by Judas of Galilee when the Historical Jesus (if he existed) would have still been a child. So it was not uncommon at all. Another thing that is unique is that his message was surprisingly less hostile to Roman occupation than others at the time. This is why he is depicted sometimes as having been killed by "The Jews" rather than the Romans. However, make no mistake, the gospels describe a guy who is tortured by the Romans, executed by order of Pontius Pilate, and merely jeered at and rejected by the Jewish people of Jerusalem, and the Pharisee leadership there, rather than "The Jews" in general. See, Jesus would have been see as Jewish by other Jews, rather than creat
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