The Historicity of Jesus – Paul L. Maier

More great resources from Brian Auten at Apologetics 315 blog.

In this interview, Brian interviews Paul L. Maier, the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and a much-published author of both scholarly and popular works. Professor Maier talks about his background as an historian, the existence of Jesus, his debate with Dan Barker, the pagan myth accusation, ancient sources for the life of Jesus, the historicity of the first Christmas, and more.

This is one of countless great resources available to the open-minded sceptic who doubts the historical veracity of the person of Jesus of Nazareth. During this interview, Prof Maier goes on to discuss the historical veracity of the nativity account and provides more reasons to reject and rebut the irresponsible claims of the Zietgeist movie about parallels of Christianity with ancient pagan mystery religions.

Anybody who tries to use the argument that Jesus of Nazareth never existed [as a verifiable historical figure] is simply flaunting his or her ignorance. There is no serious question in the mind of any serious scholar, anywhere in the world that there certainly was a historical personality named Jesus of Nazareth. Now you can argue if he was the Son of God or not, argue about the supernatural aspects of his life, but in terms of the historical character of Jesus, all the evidence is in favour. (Paul L. Maier)

 

To listen to the full interview, go here.