Ancient 'Jesus midwife' tomb to be excavated by archaeologists Associated Press

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17. There's a ton of information about those people.

It's mostly from outside the cannon. There are lots of early books that just weren't included when the new testament was put together. There's lots on the Essenes and the Desert Fathers and the Daily Bathers. There are many Gospels that weren't included but were very popular.

What people forget is that Rome was a constant presence so what we have are carefully written documents that wouldn't offend Rome.

There's a very good chance that Jesus and his disciples were actually revolutionaries. Those fishermen were not just fishermen.

The people that lived in those times were really interesting. They were mostly strict vegetarians and celibate. And very religious.

We probably never know who was who. There were a lot of kind of traveling Rabbis . And it was mostly word of mouth because most people didn't read or write. But it was a teaching that found it's place at the right time. It really caught fire.