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This document discusses the lack of contemporary historical evidence for Jesus outside of the Bible. It examines several first century historians, including Philo Judaeus, Justus of Tiberius, Flavius Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, and Suetonius. However, it finds that none of these historians provide compelling evidence and that passages attributed to Josephus and Tacitus referring to Jesus are likely forgeries. The document concludes that there is no clear evidence that Jesus was a historical figure

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