(December 3, 2018 at 12:51 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: And if the events purported to have occurred during his life had happened, we would have had records of it outside Christian books.
We don't.
And please don't dismiss the possibility of other potentially historical figures while attemptin to advocate for your own.
I don't dismiss the possibility of other potentially historical figures. I didn't dismiss the existence of some ancient Britannic king upon whom the legend of King Arthur is based. But the case for the existence of Jesus is a lot more stronger than that of King Arthur. Typically, the further back you go in history the harder it is to make that case. Jesus only existed some 2000 years ago, which is relatively recent.
The Gospels mention the figure of John the Baptist and how he was executed by Herod Antipas. This is also confirmed in the writings of Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews) - a record outside Christian books as you asked for.