Monday, October 6, 2014

Reports of a New First-Century Jesus Fragment

World News Daily Report (which is not the most reliable source for news) is "reporting" that archivist Ignazio Perrucci has discovered a document written by Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c. 31 C.E.) in the Vatican. If this is not a hoax, it contains the earliest textual evidence for Jesus of Nazareth and describes Jesus' raising of a stillborn child. I do not doubt that this report will generate a good deal of speculation over the next few days.

Let's cut right to the chase on this one: this is a fake story, invented by a fake news webpage.

-anthony
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2 comments:

  1. DougOctober 7, 2014 at 2:06 PM

    Oh well. At least it fooled Michael Heiser of PaleoBabble and other sites http://drmsh.com/2014/10/06/new-1st-century-document-describes-eyewitness-account-of-jesus-performing-a-miracle/ at least for a bit. I'm sure the authors called that a result!

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  2. AnnieOctober 9, 2014 at 7:24 PM

    Snopes isn't always reliable either.

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