Reply #6: That's not true, there are several contemporary authors that mentioned Jesus, in one form or another [View All]

[seriousstan]

Try Googling "Historicity of Jesus". There are plenty of room for argument and interpretation, but he definitely is mentioned in other books. Especially if you count reports about his followers. The reasoning being, who were the Christians following if not Christ.

Putting aside the question of "is he the Son of God", it does appear a person named Jesus or something very similar lived and influenced a number of people.

As per my OP, as a religious book, it makes an unbeatable archeology source. This is no contemporary book that comes close.