Jesus of Nazareth
c. -4 – c. 30 · Bethlehem
Also known as Jesus Christ · Yeshua
Central figure of Christianity. Jewish teacher from Nazareth, crucified under Pontius Pilate c. AD 30; confessed by Christians as the Messiah and Son of God. Called and taught the Twelve Apostles.
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Everything on this site is a footnote to Jesus.
- Primary source
- Gospel of Mark 1-16
Everything on this site is a footnote to Jesus. The figures here carried his teaching across centuries in preaching, letters, councils, martyrdom, monastic discipline, and sometimes bitter argument. The chain to him is not a metaphor; it is a sequence of people who received, guarded, interpreted, and handed on the claim that God raised him from the dead. Every Father matters only because he matters first.
Primary sources
- ·Gospel of Mark 1-16
- ·Tacitus, Annals 15.44
- ·Josephus, Antiquities 18.3.3
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