I am a Jesus Mythicist due to: Philo of Alexandria; Prophecies; and Bible Parallels - Godless Engineer

What's Up Heathens! Today we are talking about 3 reasons why I am a mythicist. This is part of my Did Jesus Exist series and I plan on doing a full set of videos addressing each of the extra-biblical sources for Jesus.

The first reason is Philo of Alexandria. Not only does Philo outline the basic idea of a Jewish Messiah, but he actually uses the name, Jesus. Philo is the perfect example of a first century Jewish Historian that was looking for a messiah figure in the Scriptures. He describes this Messiah as the Logos which the Gospel John directly uses. Philo should definitely cause you to doubt the entire premise of Jesus being original.

Next is the scriptures. There are supposedly 353 prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. Philo, Paul, and the author of Mark are prime examples of how Jews were looking to the scriptures for information on the Messiah. Paul stresses he never got his info from humans but rather revelation and scriptures. Mark starts off by quoting "scriptures."

Finally, The parallels, mirrors, and allusions in the Bible hurt the idea of historicity. The gospel writers were not writing history, they were writing theology. All the miracles in the Bible are allusions to the prophets of the Old Testament. Several of the stories in the Bible are allusions and parallels to the Old Testament stories. Matthew mirrors the birth narrative of Moses with his birth narrative of Jesus. The very death of Jesus is parallel to Abraham and Isaac.

References:
[1] Firstborn son of Philo ( https://www.iep.utm.edu/philo/#H11 )
[2] On The Confusion of Tongues ( http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/philo/book15.html )
[3] Gospel Fictions ( https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Fictions-Randel-Helms-ebook/dp/B002I61F3A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540484484&sr=8-1&keywords=gospel+fictions )
[4] Historicity of Jesus Slides ( https://www.richardcarrier.info/Historicity_of_Jesus.pdf )
[5] Zechariah 6 (Septuagint) ( https://biblehub.com/sep/zechariah/6.htm )
[6] 353 Prophecies ( http://www.accordingtothescriptures.org/prophecy/353prophecies.html )
[7] Niehoff, Maren. “Sociology department at City College of New York”. P. 245 ( https://books.google.com/books?id=nVBDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=philo+on+confusion+of+tongues+dating&source=bl&ots=F9rBWD_DdB&sig=PgYJ1GoqAY5YErNNqpMWRTyiEck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiawNXhvaLeAhVHwVkKHd1_D2oQ6AEwCXoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=philo%20on%20confusion%20of%20tongues%20dating&f=false )


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