Do historians consider Jesus a real historical figure?

by swrowe7804

I'm agnostic. I've always just assumed that there were a bunch of preachers 2000 years ago that were a lot like Jesus from the bible. Not the magical stuff, but preaching the same things as Jesus from the bible. And I always just assumed these preachers were combined into one fictional entity which is Jesus. But when I look at wikipedia they consider him a real historical figure. Is there any real evidence that he existed? Thanks.

MarcMercury

There have been some pretty definitive answers on this one over the years, check out this one by u/talondearg :

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/259vcd/how_much_evidence_is_there_for_a_historical_jesus/chf3t4j?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

Trevor_Culley

There is actually a whole section of the subreddit FAQ wiki devoted to this exact question.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/religion#wiki_jesus_christ