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Is there evidence for the resurrection outside of the Bible?
Is the Bible a legitimate source of information about the resurrection?
How do non-Christian sources corroborate the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Does 'the case for Christ' prove the historicity of Jesus' resurrection?
The short answer is that yes, there is. The Bible is by far the greatest source of information about the Resurrection, and there are non-theological reasons to treat the Bible as a legitimate...
Apr 14, 2020 · April 14, 2020 by Mark Driscoll. Because Jesus’ death is a historical fact, the corroborating evidence of non-Christian sources in addition to the Bible helps to confirm the resurrection of...
Nov 18, 2022 · Top Ten Historical References to Jesus Outside of the Bible. Here is the video version of this blog from episode 222 of Digging for Truth: After publishing my blog of Top Ten Discoveries Related to Jesus, I faced some criticism from people who noted that none of the discoveries proved Jesus existed. Leaving aside the facts that “proof” is ...
- The Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) The first non-Christian author to mention Jesus is thought to be the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Matityahu), who wrote a history of Judaism in about the year 93, the famous Antiquities of the Jews.
- Tacitus (A.D. 56-120) Scholars point to the Roman historian Tacitus for confirmation that the crucifixion of Jesus actually took place. Writing in his Annals, he records the death of Jesus at the hands of Pontius Pilate
- Pliny the Younger (A.D. 62-11) The writings of a Roman governor in Asia Minor, Pliny the Younger, establish that early Christians worshiped Jesus as a god.
- Jewish Rabbinical literature. A number of works of classical Jewish rabbinic writing (the Babylonian Talmud in particular) contain references to Jesus.
Apr 7, 2017 · Paramount among these was the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, but other claims included the belief in Jesus as the literal Son of God and the accuracy of the New Testament writings.
- Brent Landau
Feb 26, 2019 · Documentary evidence outside of the New Testament is limited. The most detailed record of the life and death of Jesus comes from the four Gospels and other New Testament writings.
The answer to this question is, "Yes, such collateral proof is available," and we will be looking at some of it in this article. Evidence from Tacitus. Let's begin our inquiry with a passage that historian Edwin Yamauchi calls "probably the most important reference to Jesus outside the New Testament." [4] .
