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Though there is tertiary historical evidence for Jesus (May Allah be pleased with him) there is little reliable historical evidence for his crucifixion outside of the New Testament bible itself. Josephus, in his "Testimonium Flavianum" mentions a man who did surprising deeds and was to be crucified by Pontius Pilate, but doesn't make mention of Jesus per se. The words "Surprising deeds" could thus, refer to anything, and is subjectively left to the reader to interpret the meanings of those words. To make this more problematic, the omission of Jesus' name from the "Testimonium Flavianum" leave much to the imagination. Another account of Jesus appears in Annals of Imperial Rome, a first-century history of the Roman Empire written around 116 CE by the Roman senator and historian Tacitus.
In chronicling the Burning of Rome in 64 CE, Tacitus mentions that Emperor Nero falsely blamed “the persons commonly called Christians, who were hated for their enormities. Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius.” Bare in mind this was penned 116 years after the supposed fact, and you find the tell tale signs of embellishment and myth making becoming a prevalent theme.
During the period when the Council of Nicea was set up, circa 325 CE, the myth was then homogenized into a new Christian narrative that has, for the most part, formed the theology of the Christian doctrine today.
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