Hi all,

Recently I have been researching the origins of Christianity and discovered that there some historians doubt that Jesus actually existed.

Richard Carrier argues that Jesus was in the old testament and that a number of stories are revelations only. He also highlights the importance of the acesnsion of Isaiah as inspiration for the Bible. However, I have seen varying dates to when this was written and the gospels as well for that matter. Is this age of these texts so ambiguous due to influence from the church or is this due to general disagreement?

Thanks.