Resurrection

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>>BAKKE

>>Establishing the location of a city is not the same things as

>>establishing the existence of a person who was supposedly from that

>>city.  For example, many people doubt the existence of Jesus of

>>Nazareth, but how many will doubt the existence of Nazareth?

> 

> TILL

> Well, actually there is some doubt about whether Nazareth existed in the

> early first century.  I'm not presenting this as any kind of argument but

> merely stating a fact.  The existence of Nazareth at this time is disputed

> by some.


BAKKE
Granted, although the possibility that it did not raises an interesting
question. To wit, if the city did not exist in the early first century,
how could the Gospel writers have referenced it for something as
important as the home of Jesus and get contemporary readers to take
their stories seriously?

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