The First Century Void

[Dropship]

Well considering the snooty priests and Romans liked to go around killing anybody who mentioned Christianity, it's not surprising many people preferred to keep their heads down!
Nevertheless, 27 books about Jesus got through the net and were published, many of them written by the ex-bounty hunter Paul who had joint Roman/Jewish citizenship..

There were no priests in the first century, and little if any persecution of Christians, so the writers of the period would have no reason to keep their heads down.

Huh? google around and you'll see examples like this below where Stephen told the snooty priests "You murdered Jesus!", so they and their lackeys murdered him too-