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{{Jesus|expanded=in history}}
The '''historicity of Jesus''' is the question of whether or not [[Jesus]] of Nazareth [[Historicity|historically]] existed (as opposed to being a purely
Academic efforts in biblical studies to determine facts of Jesus's life are part of the "[[quest for the historical Jesus]]", and several [[Quest for the historical Jesus#Criteria of authenticity|criteria of authenticity]] are used in evaluating the authenticity of elements of the Gospel-story. There is no scholarly consensus concerning [[Historical_Jesus#Other_possibly_historical_elements|most elements]] of Jesus's life as described in the Bible stories, and only two key events of the biblical story of Jesus's life are widely accepted as historical, based on the [[criterion of embarrassment]], namely [[Baptism of Jesus|his baptism]], and [[Crucifixion of Jesus|his crucifixion]] (commonly dated to 30 or 33 CE).{{sfn|Herzog|2005|pp=1–6}}{{sfn|Powell|1998|pp=168–173}}{{sfn|Dunn|2003|p=339}}{{sfn|Crossan|1994|p=145}} A distinction is made by scholars between 'the Jesus of history' and 'the Christ of faith',{{refn|group=note|name="Christ of faith"}} and the historicity of supernatural elements like his purported [[Miracles of Jesus|miracles]] and the [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]] are deemed to be outside the reach of the historical methods.{{refn|group=note|name=Miracles}}
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