article_snippet.sent: I believe that Christianity started as one of the many mystery faiths that appeared at the time where old Gods and old traditions were rebooted. '
article_snippet.sent: Christianity appears to have been a Jewish mystery faith. '
article_snippet.sent: By the time of Paul there appears to have been plenty of different "Jesus Christ's suppers" as Paul complains about the existence of other gospels and messiahs. '
article_snippet.sent: It appears that early Christianity managed to take the stories from these other faiths and incorporate the stories from these other faiths into the story of Jesus Christ.'
article_snippet.sent: Instead Jesus Christ says early Christians drew upon the beliefs and rituals of other cults and faiths around in the first century.
article_snippet.sent: There were certainly people writing about Judea at the time like Philo of Alexandria. '
article_snippet.sent: The earliest mention of Jesus Christ yet to be discovered is The James Ossuary (above).
article_snippet.sent: Others have said there could have been several people named James, whose father was called Joseph and had a brother called Jesus Christ living in Jerusalem at the time.
article_snippet.sent: The James Ossuary (above) is thought by some to be the first mention of Jesus Christ in an inscription on The James Ossuary (above) side .
article_snippet.sent: This claim comes from biblical scholar Dr Adam Bradford, who also says that between the ages of 12 and 30 - the so-called 'missing years' of Jesus Christ life, when little is known about him - Jesus Christ was studying at religious schools and became the highest-ranking rabbi in Judea.
article_snippet.sent: The radical revision of Christian history would suggest that, in preaching the spurning of worldly possessions for an austere life, Jesus Christ may have been speaking from experience.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Bradford has analysed the Bible's original Greek and Hebrew scriptures to try to establish the truth about Christ's background.