Evidence For A Historical Jesus

Every year around this time (Easter), Christian apologists talk about the historicity of the events surrounding the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus.  However, outside of the New Testament, where is the evidence?


"The early years of the Roman Empire are one of the best-documented eras of ancient history; Jerusalem was a center of education; Jesus is claimed even to have had scribes following him and that the population at large was aware of him.^[65] Yet not one single non-Christian document written before 93 CE mentions any "Jesus", or even the crucifixion of a holy leader of the Jewish people in the 29-36 CE period.^[66] This includes well-documented records from the Romans regarding criminal activities and crucifixion records.^[67] "Jesus" (or "Yeshu" or "Yeshua" or "Joshua") was a very common name, with many contemporary troublemaking preachers of that name.^[68] But even with that in mind, nothing of relevance seems to exist or if it did the Christian copyists didn't see fit to preserve it.

"Numerous people who should have written about Jesus who either did not or whom the Christians did not preserve any words include:- - - " (link)

A classic on this topic from Richard Carrier

(jesus-story.net)