Perhaps read some first century history?

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Diarmaid MacCulloch?

Diarmaid MacCulloch sounds a bit Irish - perhaps a Catholic with their 3,000 years of worshipping Ishtar of Babylon?

The Bible of course.

What an arrogant, ignorant statement. He is a highly respected historian, and his work is peer reviewed.

You have expertise in the original languages?