According to the New Testament, the term “Christian” was first applied to the school of adherents following on the teachings of Jesus in Antioch under the leadership of Paul (Saul) in Acts, Chapter 11. If true, this would be a decade or so after the Crucifixion. [...] By the first...
That said, that’s not to say there aren’t many people out there who don’t agree. For example, a 2015 pole in Britain surveying around 4000 people found that a whopping 40% of them did not believe Jesus ever existed. But going back to historians, Professor emeritus of Jewish studies ...