Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
"Yeshua" (Jesus) may or may not have been a fairly popular Hebrew name at the time, but that doesn't subtract from the fact that there was clearly a man named Yeshua who lived in and around Jerusalem somewhere between 30-33 A.D., who reportedly performed many miracles during his short ministry, amassed a HUGE group of devoted followers (many of whom were willing to be persecuted and killed for their faith), was crucified at the hands of the Roman procurator named Pontius Pilate, and who reportedly rose from the grave - which many faithful witnesses gave testimony to (completely disregarding the fact that this would only bring them more persecution).

Again, these weren't reports from Christians, but from Jewish priests and secularists of that time period. The reports from Christians, as depicted in the Bible, naturally coincide with the secular accounts. So, yeah, there may have been other Yeshua's living at the same time, but only one of them stood out in all the historical manuscrips as a man that fits all the descriptions that I listed above, and was crucified as the "King of the Jews." That was Yeshua bin Yosef (Jesus, son of Joseph), or Jesus of Nazareth. Nobody else could have possibly fit that description.
Any citations to prove the theory. Again Jesus was a very common name back then as so was Joseph. Its like me saying I've got a neighbour named Hitler. It doesn't mean its THAT Hitler. And part of the problem is these notationa you talk about are in Religious books. There needs to be more evidence outside of the religious community