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Originally Posted by 3nKrYp7  Can you give a specific example to a book of the Apocrypha that would provide evidence for Jesus because I'll admit my knowledge on them is limited, however from what I've discovered the majority, if not all, of them are written BC which presents obvious problems. |
The Gospel of Peter, Gospel of Nicodemus (also called the "Acts of Pilate"), Gospel of Bartholomew, Questions of Bartholomew, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ all give accounts of his death burial and resurrection - hence their classification as "Passion Gospels". They where all written either in the first century or shortly into the second, with the exception of the Gospel of Nicodemus - which was apparently written in the fourth century.
Most if not all of the Apocryphal works mention Jesus to some extent, but I thought these would fit your inquiry.
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Originally Posted by 3nKrYp7 No, I'm just looking for writings that we know to be legitimate, both of the examples you gave are questionable as does everything related to the Bible seem to be. |
Interesting. The Bible is in question meerly because you've deemed it questionable - it's never been proven wrong in any field of History, Science, Physics, or Mathematics. There is a standing prize of $500,000 for the first person who can prove a factual error in the Bible (I believe the Geneva Bible society is still running the contest).
This being the case, I fail to see how the Bible isn't considered a reliable scource of information.
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Originally Posted by 3nKrYp7 By independent source I'm looking for a first hand account from one of the numerous writers at the time. Even just a brief passing paragraph written on Jesus and his miracles. It seems that outside of the bible a lot of the writings on his life are at earliest written in 150-200 AD |
Most accounts of Julius Ceaser where written after his death as well - is his existence in question?