>Do you have sources for this claim?
Price covers it better than I do. He's more current with the mss history chains.
> You have to REALLY ignore how historical documentation is credited to claim he did not exist.
No, you don't. There is zero proof that all of those writings were all referencing a single, real person. Everything in the gospels conforms to mythic characters and stories that were well known at the time. Was there a real Good Samaritan? It was a story floating around at the time.
If you want better arguments read Bart D. Ehrman. At least he makes a better case. For the other side of the coin read Robert Price and John Crossan.