No evidence to doubt the historicity of Jesus.(News)

From: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) | Date: June 10, 2007 | Copyright information

Laurence Berman's letter titled "Mischief wrought by Mickey and mythical kin" (The Sunday Independent, May 27) refers.

In it, Berman states "The calendrics surrounding the alleged birth date of Jesus Christ provide an hilarious example of what happens when fictional constructs are treated as if they are actual people".

Later, he adds: "There is no record, apart from 'holy script', that Christ ever existed" and juxtaposes the "fictional constructs" of "Hamlet,...

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