Description of the Jewish-Roman Treaty from 1 Maccabees.

Image of Osiris impregnating his bird-sister, Isis.

Lone inscription attesting to existence of Pontius Pilate.

Paul describes some of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances.

Luke records that Jesus told people to share what they saw/heard.

Mark (Apostle) recounts Jesus's interaction with Pontius Pilate.

Mark (Apostle) provides "Shorter Version" of resurrection account.

Luke records a meeting between Jesus and Herod Antipas (Luke 23:8-11).

Josephus references Jesus's crucifixion and ministry.

Tacitus' explanation for the origins of the Jewish people and the Jewish Revolt.

Tacitus mentions Jesus's crucifixion.

Image of earliest manuscript of Tactitus' Annals 15:44.

Luke mentions other accounts of Jesus.

Luke (Apostle) recounts how Jesus showed himself through "infallible proofs."

Pliny the Younger offers account of Christian interrogation to Emperor Trajan.

Josephus ends his history of the Jews and notes it is the thirteenth year of Domitian's reign.

Arthur Drews maintains that "romantic cult" of Jesus is myth, an argument that must be made to save intellectual integrity.

Loeb Classical Library description of the Codex Memmianus (the oldest extant manuscript of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars).

C.C. McCown offers estimate of Palestine population.

A.N. Sherman-White compares Herodotus to Gospels.

F.F. Bruce notes that the best reading for Galatians 1:19 is one that distinguishes between "brotherhood" and apostleship.

R.T. France claims the gospels are reliable.

Jonathan Z. Smith argues that the "Dying and Rising God" is generally a misunderstanding of ancient mythologies.

Anchor Bible Dictionary entry for Celsus.

N.T. Wright maintains that Jesus needed to be historical figure to be significant in Jewish Worldview.

Jack Finegan discusses the inscription from Caesarea attesting Nazareth as a town in the time of Jesus.

John Dominic Crossan asserts that the crucifixion has a high degree of historical probability.

Mark Allan Powell observes that there were only three significant Roman historians worthy of note in the first century.

Mark Allan Powell provides proposed original of Josephus.

"The Living Christ," by First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Robert Van Voorst explains the history of the reference to Thallus in George Syncellus' Chronography.

Robert E. Van Voorst gives a scholarly overview of the evidence for the historicty of Jesus from the works of Josephus.

T.N.D. Mettinger denies that resurrection was rooted in mythological lore.

Summary of manuscripts of Contra Celsum.

Barbara Thiering argues that Jesus was part of the Essene community, born in Qumran, an illegitimate child.

Britannica's summary of Palestine's importance to Rome.

Thomas L. Thompson says the authors of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Thomas used ancient, written wisdom literature to craft Jesus figure.

Craig Blomberg explains form criticism origins of the Gospels.

Bart Ehrman explains that Jesus is independently corroborated in several contemporary or near contemporary chronicles.

Bart Ehrman says that all scholars accept Tacitus as referring to Jesus.

Richard Carrier summarizes Plutarch's book on the mystery cult of Isis and Osiris; draws parallel between resurrection of Jesus and the euhemerization and resurrection of Osiris.

LDS Bible Dictionary summary of the Pauline epistles.

Richard Bauckham argues that Gospels represent eyewitness testimony.

Larry Hurtado criticizes Mythical Jesus scholars for failing to prove their case.

Willem Blom defends the authenticity of Tacitus' description of Christians.

First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles statement on the restoration.

Westar Institute summary of the Jesus Seminar.

Western Theological Seminary biography of emeritus professor Robert E. Van Voorst.

Ken Dark discusses the evidence for Nazareth in the first century AD.

Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Suetonius.

Don Stewart explains that Jesus is not mentioned among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Luke describes Jesus' final instructions to his disciples in Acts.

The beginning of the Gospel According to Matthew.

Paul quotes an early Christ hymn in his letter to the Philippians.