Funny, I use that exact example as evidence that Dionysius Exiguus is full of shit. They didn’t know we’d have access to radio carbon dating and stylomotry.
The earliest texts were written 300-400 years after Jesus allegedly lived.
It’s far more likely someone in the 4th century wanted to start a cult and needed to come up with some lore to give them credence. Which exactly lines up with the fact that this whole Jesus dude didn’t actually fulfill any fucking prophecies, but instead the already ancient Jewish messianic texts were used as metaphors because they had to be. He didn’t exist.
Funny, I use that exact example as evidence that Dionysius Exiguus is full of shit. They didn’t know we’d have access to radio carbon dating and stylomotry.
The earliest texts were written 300-400 years after Jesus allegedly lived.
It’s far more likely someone in the 4th century wanted to start a cult and needed to come up with some lore to give them credence. Which exactly lines up with the fact that this whole Jesus dude didn’t actually fulfill any fucking prophecies, but instead the already ancient Jewish messianic texts were used as metaphors because they had to be. He didn’t exist.