HISTORICITY OF JESUS CHRIST

U zadnjih nekoliko stoljeća povjesničari su, iz kojih god razloga, počeli sumnjati u Isusa Krista kao Boga i čovjeka koji je stvarno ţivio na zemlji prije dvije tisuće godina. Rad stoga ima apologetsku svrhu: povijesno-znanstvenom metodom opravdati povijesnost Isusa Krista i povijesni temelj kršćanske vjere. Prvi dio rada analizira Sveto Pismo kao povijesni dokument iz kojega bi mogli izvući podatke o povijesnoj opstojnosti Isusa Krista. Analizirana je problematika pristupa istraţivanja Isusa. Zatim slijedi kritička analiza EvanĎelja kao pouzdanih povijesnih dokumenata te analiza Poslanica apostola Pavla kao potvrda istinitosti sadrţaja EvanĎelja. Na kraju prvog dijela analiziran je i kritički proispitan sam dogaĎaj Uskrsnuća kao nadprirodan ali siguran dogaĎaj u povijesti čovječanstva. Drugi dio rada usporeĎuje izvanbiblijska svjedočanstva o Isusu, kršćanske i nekršćanske izvore. Crkvene osobe i kršćanski dokumenti prvih stoljeća jasno potvrĎuju istinitost i autoritet EvanĎelja i tradicije. Zatim su navedena svjedočanstva rimskih, ţidovskih i sirijskih pisaca, koji očito spominju Isusa Krista u svojim djelima te tako potvrĎuju istinitost dogaĎaja opisanih u EvanĎeljima. Treći dio rada govori o konsenzusu suvremene historiografije prema kojoj nema sumnje da je Isus Krist povijesna osoba. Na kraju rada je navedena kratka i osnovna kronologija Isusovog života.In the last few centuries, historians, for whatever reasons, began to doubt Jesus Christ as God and man who really lived on earth two thousand years ago. The work therefore has an apologetic purpose: to justify the historicity of Jesus Christ and the historical foundation of the Christian faith using the historical-scientific method. The first part of the paper analyzes the Holy Scriptures as a historical document from which data on the historical existence of Jesus Christ could be extracted. The problem of approach to Jesus research is analyzed. This is followed by a critical analysis of the Gospels as reliable historical documents and an analysis of the Epistles of the Apostle Paul as a confirmation of the truthfulness of the contents of the Gospels. At the end of the first part, the event of the Resurrection itself was analyzed and critically examined as a supernatural but certain event in the history of mankind. The second part of the paper compares extra-biblical testimonies about Jesus, Christian and non-Christian sources. Church figures and Christian documents of the first centuries clearly confirm the truth and authority of the Gospel and tradition. Then the testimonies of Roman, Jewish and Syrian writers are listed, who clearly mention Jesus Christ in their works and thus confirm the truthfulness of the events described in the Gospels. The third part of the paper talks about the consensus of contemporary historiography, according to which there is no doubt that Jesus Christ is a historical person. At the end of the paper, a short and basic chronology of Jesus' life is given