What Do Scholars Mean by the "Historical" Jesus?

In this interview with Megan Lewis, host of the Youtube channel  @DigitalHammurabi   I offer an overview of a more extensive lecture on the topic of "The Making of a Messiah," I discuss some of the methods scholars use to peer through our historical and material evidence to try to get at what we call the "historical figure of Jesus," not so much what people came to believe theologically, but what he in fact was in his own time, within his Jewish-Greco-Roman contexts.  Be sure and check out Megan's Youtube channel for much more! She and I have done several interviews and I find her to be among the best interlocutors out there. For a more extensive treatment and a free link to my major published article on the subject, see: jamestabor.com/messiahmakinghttps://youtu.be/M-7l73i1DTw