Is the life and death of Jesus Christ documented anywhere outside the Bible? If so where?

Question

I appreciate your interest in my question but please don't answer this with your opinions (whether Christian or Atheist or Agnostic, etc). Please answer this if you actually know something veritable. Thank you!

Answer 1

Jesus is mentioned in a transcript of Josephus' History of the Jewish Wars. It is difficult to know if it wasn't implanted by the monks that rewrote it. Many old books were not rewritten or preserved if they did not contain or mention events important to Christians. There is no text that dates to the time of Jesus that hasn't been rewritten. The monks did save many ancient writings by transcribing them, but the church destroyed far more books than it saved.

The Jewish Bible has undergone changes as well. Such changes were not caused by Christians

Answer 2

The Koran details the life of Jesus Christ almost as much as the Bible. He's referred to as "Isa", the arabic name of Jesus christ.  

Answer 3

I had a discussion a while back regarding this same topic but here's the answer that settled it.

"Islam's  prophet, Muhammad,  believed Jesus  was the Messiah, Allah's  anointed messenger. Allah's people (Muslims) are told to listen to Allah's  messengers"

(Koran,  4:171; 5: 111)

Answer 4

Some people think that between the wedding of Cana and Jesus's ministry (age 13 to 30, which aren't discussed in the Bible), Jesus went to India.  Supposedly, he stopped to study in a Buddisht monastery there, which posesses books of the time saying, 'Jesus was here.'  The story, of course, is open to question; so is the authenticity of the books, but you can judge for yourself from here:

http://reluctant-messenger.com/issa.htm

Answer 5

The answer is simply: NO

All the texts mentioned in the other answers are well after the events and their authors are limited by their religious views.

Answer 6

Some classical Roman authors mention the death of Jesus Christ, but these authors are writing usually well after the fact.

Josephus, a Jew in the service of Rome, also mentioned Jesus several times.

Answer 7

Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions Jesus but many question its authenticity as its so favorble to Jesus from the perspective of a Jew.

The Talmud refers to him as a sorcerer and apostate, and mentions his execution.

Tacitus, Thallus, Pliny the Younger, and Lucian all mention Jesus, but only as the god their contemporary Christians worshipped - "the crucified sage" etc.

Note: There are many Gnostic texts that outline the life of Jesus.

Answer 8

There is nothing that is verifiable, other than the passing comments in some classical authors as mentioned in other answers.