[longtermmemmory]

it is not the eye witness accounts but the actual written records of the day. For example the romans actualy kept written records of who was crucified and when.

[nevermorelenore]

“If you seek Me, you will find Me, if you search for Me with all your heart....”

[katana]

I am unaware of any such records from Judea ever being found. Just copies of the writings of Josephus (who may have had original materials to work from). It has, after all, been two thousand years, Jerusalem was laid waste in 70 AD, and original documents of any kind from that period even in Rome itself are unheard of. Do you have a source or link? It is why the Dead Sea Scrolls are so absolutely exciting and priceless.

People like Dawkins point to that and say "A ha, no evidence!". But if we used the same standard on other historic figures we could equally say "where is the evidence that Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great actually existed?" The Egyptians left their records in stone and papyrus that was buried deep and dry. The Romans and Jews on parchment and wax tablets which are all long gone. Just copies of copies of copies (as with the Gospels) exist.