What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?

This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.

Can we know who wrote the Gospels? This video examines whether there is any evidence to support the traditional authors.

The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.

Evidence in the Talmud for the crucifixion of Jesus.

Dr John Dickson describes the key sources for our knowledge of the life of Jesus, assessing them from the perspective of an historian.

Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?

Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?

A review of Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.