Context:<br/><br/><b> The letter includes no Christian themes and the author is presumed to be a <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan</a>.<sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Ute-199' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Ute-199</a></sup><sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200</a></sup> Some scholars see the reference to the execution of the "wise king" of the Jews as an early non-Christian reference to <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus</a>.<sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Cradle110-101' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Cradle110-101</a></sup><sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Ute-199' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Ute-199</a></sup><sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200</a></sup> Criteria that support the non-Christian origin of the letter include the observation that "king of the Jews" was not a Christian title, and that the letter's premise that Jesus lives on based on the wisdom of his teachings is in contrast to the Christian concept that Jesus continues to live through his <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus</a>.<sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-Chilton455-200</a></sup><sup><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-VVoorst53-201' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus?t=1376582244130#cite_note-VVoorst53-201</a></sup></b>