Quote: Modern standards for evaluating documentary evidence simply did not exist in the Hellenistic world. And no, even were a miracle-worker walking about we shouldn't expect too much extant documentation about it. Few people read or wrote. Much of what was written has perished by now.
Right. Always loved this for that reason.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/richa...kooks.html
Quote:Kooks and Quacks of the Roman Empire: A Look into the World of the Gospels (1997)
Richard Carrier